#5f9ac6

Color #5f9ac6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9ac6

RGB

rgb(95, 154, 198)

HSL

hsl(205.6, 47.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.6, 52%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 22.2%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(61.32, -6.8, -28.56)

LCH

lch(61.32, 29.36, 256.61)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0902, 242.1)

HWB

hwb(205.6, 37.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c68b5f

Analogous

#5fc6bf

#5f9ac6

#5f67c6

Triadic

#5f9ac6

#c65f9a

#9ac65f

Split-complementary

#5f9ac6

#c65f67

#c6bf5f

Tetradic

#5f9ac6

#8b5fc6

#c68b5f

#9ac65f

Square

#5f9ac6

#bf5fc6

#c68b5f

#67c65f

Shades

Color #5f9ac6 mixed toward black.

#4083b4

#336990

#264e6c

#1a3448

#0d1a24

Tints

Color #5f9ac6 mixed toward white.

#7aabd0

#94bcd9

#afcde3

#caddec

#e4eef6

Tones

Color #5f9ac6 mixed toward gray.

#6899be

#7098b5

#7996ac

#8195a4

#8a949b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dbd · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#7975ba · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#63b5b3 · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9ac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9ac6]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5f9ac6 (#5f9ac6) is rgb(95, 154, 198) in RGB.

No, #5f9ac6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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