#5184cc

Color #5184cc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5184cc

RGB

rgb(81, 132, 204)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 54.7%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 60.3%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.3%, 35.3%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(54.67, 4.88, -42.39)

LCH

lch(54.67, 42.67, 276.57)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.1231, 257.18)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 31.8%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc9951

Analogous

#51c2cc

#5184cc

#5b51cc

Triadic

#5184cc

#cc5184

#84cc51

Split-complementary

#5184cc

#cc5b51

#c2cc51

Tetradic

#5184cc

#9951cc

#cc9951

#84cc51

Square

#5184cc

#cc51c2

#cc9951

#51cc5b

Shades

Color #5184cc mixed toward black.

#366cb8

#2b5693

#20416e

#162b4a

#0b1625

Tints

Color #5184cc mixed toward white.

#6e99d5

#8baddd

#a8c2e6

#c5d6ee

#e2ebf7

Tones

Color #5184cc mixed toward gray.

#5b86c2

#6688b8

#7089ad

#7a8ba3

#848d99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bbe · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#6864ba · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#54b1af · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5184cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5184cc]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5184cc (#5184cc) is rgb(81, 132, 204) in RGB.

No, #5184cc 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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