#5161e2

Color #5161e2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5161e2

RGB

rgb(81, 97, 226)

HSL

hsl(233.4, 71.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.4, 64.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(46.69, 33.9, -67.63)

LCH

lch(46.69, 75.65, 296.62)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.1949, 272.94)

HWB

hwb(233.4, 31.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2d251

Analogous

#51a9e2

#5161e2

#8a51e2

Triadic

#5161e2

#e25161

#61e251

Split-complementary

#5161e2

#e28a51

#a9e251

Tetradic

#5161e2

#d251e2

#e2d251

#61e251

Square

#5161e2

#e251a9

#e2d251

#51e28a

Shades

Color #5161e2 mixed toward black.

#2539db

#1d2daf

#162284

#0f1758

#070b2c

Tints

Color #5161e2 mixed toward white.

#6e7be7

#8b96ec

#a8b0f0

#c5caf5

#e2e5fa

Tones

Color #5161e2 mixed toward gray.

#5d6ad6

#6974ca

#757dbe

#8187b2

#8d90a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5859cc · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#5756c7 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#52b9b4 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5161e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5161e2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5161e2 (#5161e2) is rgb(81, 97, 226) in RGB.

No, #5161e2 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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