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#5E87F5

#5e87f5 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5e87f5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 52.94% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.63% cyan, 44.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 223.71°, with 88.3% saturation and 66.47% 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 6.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.263

Complementary

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #f5cc5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #f5815e
  3. #d2f55e

Analogous

  1. #5ed2f5
  2. #5e87f5
  3. #815ef5

Triadic

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #f55e87
  3. #87f55e

Tetradic

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #cc5ef5
  3. #f5cc5e
  4. #87f55e

Square

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #f55ed2
  3. #f5cc5e
  4. #5ef581

Monochromatic

  1. #0b37af
  2. #1651f1
  3. #5e87f5
  4. #a6bdf9
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#5e87f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #557add
  3. #4b6cc4
  4. #425fac
  5. #385193
  6. #2f447b
  7. #263662
  8. #1c294a
  9. #131b31
  10. #090e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e87f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #6e93f6
  3. #7e9ff7
  4. #8eabf8
  5. #9eb7f9
  6. #afc3fa
  7. #bfcffb
  8. #cfdbfc
  9. #dfe7fd
  10. #eff3fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e87f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e87f5
  2. #6186e9
  3. #6586de
  4. #6885d2
  5. #6c84c6
  6. #6f84bb
  7. #7283af
  8. #7682a3
  9. #798197
  10. #7d818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c8abf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5293f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3986f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #578ff7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b86f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2797d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e87f5 {
  color: #5e87f5;
}
Background
.bg-5e87f5 {
  background-color: #5e87f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e87f5 {
  border: 2px solid #5e87f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e87f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 135 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 88% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e87f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e87f5, #815ef5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e87f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 135 245 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.54 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.35 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.53 #a1780a Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#5e87f5  rgb(94, 135, 245)  hsl(224, 88%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#f5cc5e  rgb(245, 204, 94)  hsl(44, 88%, 66%)  Saffron
#f55e87  rgb(245, 94, 135)  hsl(344, 88%, 66%)  French Rose
#87f55e  rgb(135, 245, 94)  hsl(104, 88%, 66%)  Lawn Green