#5175b7

Color #5175b7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5175b7

RGB

rgb(81, 117, 183)

HSL

hsl(218.8, 41.5%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.8, 55.7%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(49.36, 6.98, -38.76)

LCH

lch(49.36, 39.38, 280.21)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.1107, 261.75)

HWB

hwb(218.8, 31.8%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b79351

Analogous

#51a8b7

#5175b7

#6051b7

Triadic

#5175b7

#b75175

#75b751

Split-complementary

#5175b7

#b76051

#a8b751

Tetradic

#5175b7

#9351b7

#b79351

#75b751

Square

#5175b7

#b751a8

#b79351

#51b760

Shades

Color #5175b7 mixed toward black.

#40619c

#344d7d

#273a5d

#1a273e

#0d131f

Tints

Color #5175b7 mixed toward white.

#6e8cc3

#8ba3cf

#a8badb

#c5d1e7

#e2e8f3

Tones

Color #5175b7 mixed toward gray.

#5a78af

#627aa6

#6b7d9e

#737f95

#7c828d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.58:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363aa · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#605ea7 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#539f9c · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5175b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5175b7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5175b7 (#5175b7) is rgb(81, 117, 183) in RGB.

No, #5175b7 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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