#5043aa

Color #5043aa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5043aa

RGB

rgb(80, 67, 170)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 43.5%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 60.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(35.24, 33.85, -53.71)

LCH

lch(35.24, 63.49, 302.22)

OKLCH

oklch(45.6%, 0.1585, 283.9)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 26.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9daa43

Analogous

#436aaa

#5043aa

#8443aa

Triadic

#5043aa

#aa5043

#43aa50

Split-complementary

#5043aa

#aa8443

#6aaa43

Tetradic

#5043aa

#aa439d

#9daa43

#43aa50

Square

#5043aa

#aa436a

#9daa43

#43aa84

Shades

Color #5043aa mixed toward black.

#43388e

#352d71

#282155

#1b1639

#0d0b1c

Tints

Color #5043aa mixed toward white.

#685cbf

#877ccc

#a59dd8

#c3bee5

#e1def2

Tones

Color #5043aa mixed toward gray.

#564ca2

#5d5499

#635d90

#6a6588

#706e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b99 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#4b4c94 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#4f8a86 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5043aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5043aa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5043aa (#5043aa) is rgb(80, 67, 170) in RGB.

No, #5043aa 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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