HEX Color #5FA0E9 (Cornflowerblue)

About #5FA0E9

The precise color #5FA0E9 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cornflowerblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 95, 160, and 233.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 59% cyan and 31% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 211.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5FA0E9

RGB95, 160, 233

HSL211.7°, 75.8%, 64.3%

CMYK59%, 31%, 0%, 9%

HSV211.7°, 59.2%, 91.4%

LAB64.5, 0.7, -43.0

XYZ32.0, 33.5, 81.9

Decimal6267113

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5FA0E9 #E9A85E

Analogous

#5EE4E9 #625EE9

Triadic

#E95E9F #A0E95E

Tetradic

#E95EE4 #E9A85E #5EE963

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5FA0E9

#70AAEB

#82B5ED

#94BFF0

#A6CAF2

#B7D4F5

#C9DFF7

#DBE9FA

#EDF4FC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5FA0E9

#548ECF

#497CB5

#3F6A9B

#345881

#2A4767

#1F354D

#152333

#0A1119

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.73:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.69:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.61:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.54:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5FA0E9; }

.text-color { color: #5FA0E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5FA0E9; }

Similar Colors

Cornflowerblue

#6495ED