#5fa1ed

Color #5fa1ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa1ed

RGB

rgb(95, 161, 237)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 79.8%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 59.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(64.99, 1.42, -44.48)

LCH

lch(64.99, 44.5, 271.83)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1313, 253.14)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 37.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edab5f

Analogous

#5fe8ed

#5fa1ed

#645fed

Triadic

#5fa1ed

#ed5fa1

#a1ed5f

Split-complementary

#5fa1ed

#ed645f

#e8ed5f

Tetradic

#5fa1ed

#ab5fed

#edab5f

#a1ed5f

Square

#5fa1ed

#ed5fe8

#edab5f

#5fed64

Shades

Color #5fa1ed mixed toward black.

#2d84e7

#1668c7

#114e95

#0b3463

#061a32

Tints

Color #5fa1ed mixed toward white.

#7ab1f0

#94c0f3

#afd0f6

#cae0f9

#e4effc

Tones

Color #5fa1ed mixed toward gray.

#6ba2e1

#77a3d5

#82a4ca

#8ea4be

#9aa5b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182de · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#7d78da · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#64d1ce · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa1ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa1ed]

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Frequently asked questions

#5fa1ed (#5fa1ed) is rgb(95, 161, 237) in RGB.

No, #5fa1ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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