#51498a

Color #51498a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#51498a

RGB

rgb(81, 73, 138)

HSL

hsl(247.4, 30.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.4, 47.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 47.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(34.7, 20.33, -35.23)

LCH

lch(34.7, 40.68, 299.99)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.1041, 287.04)

HWB

hwb(247.4, 28.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828a49

Analogous

#49628a

#51498a

#72498a

Triadic

#51498a

#8a5149

#498a51

Split-complementary

#51498a

#8a7249

#628a49

Tetradic

#51498a

#8a4982

#828a49

#498a51

Square

#51498a

#8a4962

#828a49

#498a72

Shades

Color #51498a mixed toward black.

#443d73

#36315c

#292545

#1b182e

#0e0c17

Tints

Color #51498a mixed toward white.

#665ca9

#847dba

#a39dcb

#c2bedd

#e0deee

Tones

Color #51498a mixed toward gray.

#554e85

#59547f

#5d597a

#615f74

#65646f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e7e · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#4e4f7b · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#517371 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #51498a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51498a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#51498a (#51498a) is rgb(81, 73, 138) in RGB.

No, #51498a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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