#517ec6

Color #517ec6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#517ec6

RGB

rgb(81, 126, 198)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 50.6%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 59.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(52.67, 6.49, -42.14)

LCH

lch(52.67, 42.64, 278.76)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1215, 259.42)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 31.8%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c69951

Analogous

#51b8c6

#517ec6

#5e51c6

Triadic

#517ec6

#c6517e

#7ec651

Split-complementary

#517ec6

#c65e51

#b8c651

Tetradic

#517ec6

#9951c6

#c69951

#7ec651

Square

#517ec6

#c651b8

#c69951

#51c65e

Shades

Color #517ec6 mixed toward black.

#3967af

#2e528c

#223e69

#172946

#0b1523

Tints

Color #517ec6 mixed toward white.

#6e94cf

#8ba9d9

#a8bfe2

#c5d4ec

#e2eaf5

Tones

Color #517ec6 mixed toward gray.

#5b80bc

#6583b2

#6e85a9

#78879f

#828995

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6768b8 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#6561b4 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#54aca9 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #517ec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#517ec6]

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

#517ec6 (#517ec6) is rgb(81, 126, 198) in RGB.

No, #517ec6 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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