#5175b0

Color #5175b0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5175b0

RGB

rgb(81, 117, 176)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 37.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 54%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 33.5%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(49.01, 4.7, -35.25)

LCH

lch(49.01, 35.56, 277.59)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.101, 259.9)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 31.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b08c51

Analogous

#51a4b0

#5175b0

#5d51b0

Triadic

#5175b0

#b05175

#75b051

Split-complementary

#5175b0

#b05d51

#a4b051

Tetradic

#5175b0

#8c51b0

#b08c51

#75b051

Square

#5175b0

#b051a4

#b08c51

#51b05d

Shades

Color #5175b0 mixed toward black.

#436193

#364e76

#283a58

#1b273b

#0d131d

Tints

Color #5175b0 mixed toward white.

#6e8cbd

#8ba3ca

#a8bad7

#c5d1e5

#e2e8f2

Tones

Color #5175b0 mixed toward gray.

#5977a8

#6179a0

#697b98

#717d90

#797f88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363a4 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#605ea1 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#539a98 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5175b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5175b0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5175b0 (#5175b0) is rgb(81, 117, 176) in RGB.

No, #5175b0 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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