#0051f3

Color #0051f3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 22.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#0051f3

RGB

rgb(0, 81, 243)

HSL

hsl(220, 100%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 100%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 66.7%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(41.77, 43.92, -85.38)

LCH

lch(41.77, 96.01, 297.22)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.2499, 262.6)

HWB

hwb(220, 0%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3a200

Analogous

#00caf3

#0051f3

#2800f3

Triadic

#0051f3

#f30051

#51f300

Split-complementary

#0051f3

#f32800

#caf300

Tetradic

#0051f3

#a200f3

#f3a200

#51f300

Square

#0051f3

#f300ca

#f3a200

#00f328

Shades

Color #0051f3 mixed toward black.

#0043ca

#0036a2

#002879

#001b51

#000d28

Tints

Color #0051f3 mixed toward white.

#206bff

#4d88ff

#79a6ff

#a6c4ff

#d2e1ff

Tones

Color #0051f3 mixed toward gray.

#1458df

#285eca

#3d65b6

#516ca2

#65738e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3536da · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#312cd3 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#0dc3bd · ΔE 47.5

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 30.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #0051f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0051f3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0051f3 (#0051f3) is rgb(0, 81, 243) in RGB.

No, #0051f3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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