#5172e1

Color #5172e1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5172e1

RGB

rgb(81, 114, 225)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 70.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 64%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(50.94, 23.02, -60.2)

LCH

lch(50.94, 64.45, 290.93)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.1726, 268.24)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 31.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1c051

Analogous

#51bae1

#5172e1

#7851e1

Triadic

#5172e1

#e15172

#72e151

Split-complementary

#5172e1

#e17851

#bae151

Tetradic

#5172e1

#c051e1

#e1c051

#72e151

Square

#5172e1

#e151ba

#e1c051

#51e178

Shades

Color #5172e1 mixed toward black.

#254fda

#1e3fae

#162f83

#0f2057

#07102c

Tints

Color #5172e1 mixed toward white.

#6e8ae6

#8ba1eb

#a8b9f0

#c5d0f5

#e2e8fa

Tones

Color #5172e1 mixed toward gray.

#5d79d5

#697fc9

#7586bd

#818cb1

#8d93a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161cd · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#5f5cc8 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#53bbb7 · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 26.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5172e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5172e1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5172e1 (#5172e1) is rgb(81, 114, 225) in RGB.

No, #5172e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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