#5050ec

Color #5050ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 16.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5050ec

RGB

rgb(80, 80, 236)

HSL

hsl(240, 80.4%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 66.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(43.5, 47.28, -78.5)

LCH

lch(43.5, 91.64, 301.06)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.2276, 275.42)

HWB

hwb(240, 31.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecec50

Analogous

#509eec

#5050ec

#9e50ec

Triadic

#5050ec

#ec5050

#50ec50

Split-complementary

#5050ec

#ec9e50

#9eec50

Tetradic

#5050ec

#ec50ec

#ecec50

#50ec50

Square

#5050ec

#ec509e

#ecec50

#50ec9e

Shades

Color #5050ec mixed toward black.

#2121e7

#1515be

#0f0f8f

#0a0a5f

#050530

Tints

Color #5050ec mixed toward white.

#6d6def

#8a8af2

#a8a8f6

#c5c5f9

#e2e2fc

Tones

Color #5050ec mixed toward gray.

#5d5ddf

#6a6ad2

#7777c5

#8484b8

#9191ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.7:1

White text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5050d4 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5050cd · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#50bdb8 · ΔE 44.4

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5050ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5050ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5050ec (#5050ec) is rgb(80, 80, 236) in RGB.

No, #5050ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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