HEX Color #5FA8F8 (Cornflowerblue)

About #5FA8F8

The precise color #5FA8F8 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cornflowerblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 95 red, 168 green, and 248 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 62% cyan and 32% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5FA8F8

RGB95, 168, 248

HSL211.4°, 91.6%, 67.3%

CMYK62%, 32%, 0%, 3%

HSV211.4°, 61.7%, 97.3%

LAB67.4, 1.0, -46.7

XYZ35.7, 37.2, 94.1

Decimal6269176

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5FA8F8 #F8AF5F

Analogous

#5FF4F8 #625FF8

Triadic

#F85FA7 #A7F85F

Tetradic

#F85FF4 #F8AF5F #5FF862

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5FA8F8

#70B1F8

#82BBF9

#94C5FA

#A6CEFB

#B7D8FB

#C9E2FC

#DBEBFD

#EDF5FE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5FA8F8

#5495DC

#4982C0

#3F70A5

#345D89

#2A4A6E

#1F3852

#152537

#0A121B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.49:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.44:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.38:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.18:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5FA8F8; }

.text-color { color: #5FA8F8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5FA8F8; }

Similar Colors

Cornflowerblue

#6495ED