#5040be

Color #5040be

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 12.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5040be

RGB

rgb(80, 64, 190)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(36.16, 41.95, -64.07)

LCH

lch(36.16, 76.58, 303.21)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.1884, 282.04)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 25.1%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aebe40

Analogous

#406fbe

#5040be

#8f40be

Triadic

#5040be

#be5040

#40be50

Split-complementary

#5040be

#be8f40

#6fbe40

Tetradic

#5040be

#be40ae

#aebe40

#40be50

Square

#5040be

#be406f

#aebe40

#40be8f

Shades

Color #5040be mixed toward black.

#43359e

#352b7f

#28205f

#1b153f

#0d0b20

Tints

Color #5040be mixed toward white.

#6d5fc9

#8a7fd4

#a79fdf

#c5bfe9

#e2dff4

Tones

Color #5040be mixed toward gray.

#584bb3

#6055a9

#675f9e

#6f6a94

#777489

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a49aa · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#4a4ca5 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#4f9894 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 28.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5040be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5040be]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5040be (#5040be) is rgb(80, 64, 190) in RGB.

No, #5040be 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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