#5150a1

Color #5150a1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5150a1

RGB

rgb(81, 80, 161)

HSL

hsl(240.7, 33.6%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.7, 50.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(37.95, 23.04, -43.97)

LCH

lch(37.95, 49.64, 297.65)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.1274, 280.95)

HWB

hwb(240.7, 31.4%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a150

Analogous

#5078a1

#5150a1

#7a50a1

Triadic

#5150a1

#a15150

#50a151

Split-complementary

#5150a1

#a17a50

#78a150

Tetradic

#5150a1

#a150a0

#a0a150

#50a151

Square

#5150a1

#a15078

#a0a150

#50a17a

Shades

Color #5150a1 mixed toward black.

#444386

#36356b

#292851

#1b1b36

#0e0d1b

Tints

Color #5150a1 mixed toward white.

#6a69b5

#8887c4

#a6a5d2

#c4c3e1

#e1e1f0

Tones

Color #5150a1 mixed toward gray.

#58579a

#5e5e94

#65648d

#6b6b86

#72727f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515192 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#51518f · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#518683 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5150a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5150a1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5150a1 (#5150a1) is rgb(81, 80, 161) in RGB.

No, #5150a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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