#5175ad

Color #5175ad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#5175ad

RGB

rgb(81, 117, 173)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 36.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 53.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(48.87, 3.73, -33.74)

LCH

lch(48.87, 33.95, 276.31)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.0968, 258.98)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 31.8%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad8951

Analogous

#51a3ad

#5175ad

#5b51ad

Triadic

#5175ad

#ad5175

#75ad51

Split-complementary

#5175ad

#ad5b51

#a3ad51

Tetradic

#5175ad

#8951ad

#ad8951

#75ad51

Square

#5175ad

#ad51a3

#ad8951

#51ad5b

Shades

Color #5175ad mixed toward black.

#446290

#364e73

#293b56

#1b273a

#0e141d

Tints

Color #5175ad mixed toward white.

#6e8cbb

#8ba3c9

#a8bad6

#c5d1e4

#e2e8f1

Tones

Color #5175ad mixed toward gray.

#5977a5

#60789e

#687a96

#707c8e

#777d87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363a2 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#605e9f · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#539896 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5175ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5175ad]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5175ad (#5175ad) is rgb(81, 117, 173) in RGB.

No, #5175ad 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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