#5f9ef3

Color #5f9ef3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9ef3

RGB

rgb(95, 158, 243)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 86%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 60.9%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.9%, 35%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(64.45, 5.09, -48.63)

LCH

lch(64.45, 48.9, 275.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1418, 256.38)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 37.3%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3b45f

Analogous

#5fe8f3

#5f9ef3

#6a5ff3

Triadic

#5f9ef3

#f35f9e

#9ef35f

Split-complementary

#5f9ef3

#f36a5f

#e8f35f

Tetradic

#5f9ef3

#b45ff3

#f3b45f

#9ef35f

Square

#5f9ef3

#f35fe8

#f3b45f

#5ff36a

Shades

Color #5f9ef3 mixed toward black.

#2b7eef

#1062d2

#0c4a9d

#083169

#041934

Tints

Color #5f9ef3 mixed toward white.

#7aaef5

#94bef7

#afcef9

#cadffb

#e4effd

Tones

Color #5f9ef3 mixed toward gray.

#6ba0e7

#78a2da

#84a4ce

#90a5c2

#9da7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80e2 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#7b76de · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#63d4d0 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9ef3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9ef3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f9ef3 (#5f9ef3) is rgb(95, 158, 243) in RGB.

No, #5f9ef3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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