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#5A86FA

#5a86fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5a86fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 52.55% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64% cyan, 46.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 223.5°, with 94.12% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.2613

Complementary

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #face5a

Split complementary

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #fa7e5a
  3. #d6fa5a

Analogous

  1. #5ad6fa
  2. #5a86fa
  3. #7e5afa

Triadic

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #fa5a86
  3. #86fa5a

Tetradic

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #ce5afa
  3. #face5a
  4. #86fa5a

Square

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #fa5ad6
  3. #face5a
  4. #5afa7e

Monochromatic

  1. #0536b6
  2. #1050f8
  3. #5a86fa
  4. #a4bcfc
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#5a86fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #5179e1
  3. #486bc8
  4. #3f5eaf
  5. #365096
  6. #2d437d
  7. #243664
  8. #1b284b
  9. #121b32
  10. #090d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a86fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #6b92fb
  3. #7b9efb
  4. #8caafc
  5. #9cb6fc
  6. #adc3fd
  7. #bdcffd
  8. #cedbfe
  9. #dee7fe
  10. #eff3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a86fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a86fa
  2. #5e85ee
  3. #6285e2
  4. #6584d5
  5. #6984c9
  6. #6d83bd
  7. #7182b1
  8. #7582a5
  9. #788198
  10. #7c818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b89c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b94fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c85f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #518efd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4385f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0e97d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a86fa {
  color: #5a86fa;
}
Background
.bg-5a86fa {
  background-color: #5a86fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5a86fa {
  border: 2px solid #5a86fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a86fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 134 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a86fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a86fa, #7e5afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a86fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 134 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.91 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.43 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.96 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.55 #a57905 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#5a86fa  rgb(90, 134, 250)  hsl(224, 94%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#face5a  rgb(250, 206, 90)  hsl(44, 94%, 67%)  Sunglow
#fa5a86  rgb(250, 90, 134)  hsl(344, 94%, 67%)  French Rose
#86fa5a  rgb(134, 250, 90)  hsl(104, 94%, 67%)  Lawn Green