#5188de

Color #5188de

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#5188de

RGB

rgb(81, 136, 222)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 68.1%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 63.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(56.71, 8.55, -49.29)

LCH

lch(56.71, 50.03, 279.84)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1428, 259.02)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 31.8%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dea751

Analogous

#51cede

#5188de

#6051de

Triadic

#5188de

#de5188

#88de51

Split-complementary

#5188de

#de6051

#cede51

Tetradic

#5188de

#a751de

#dea751

#88de51

Square

#5188de

#de51ce

#dea751

#51de60

Shades

Color #5188de mixed toward black.

#286bd4

#2056aa

#18407f

#102b55

#08152a

Tints

Color #5188de mixed toward white.

#6e9ce3

#8bb0e9

#a8c3ee

#c5d7f4

#e2ebf9

Tones

Color #5188de mixed toward gray.

#5d8bd2

#688dc6

#7490bb

#8092af

#8c95a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ecd · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#6a65c9 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#55bfbc · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5188de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5188de]

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

#5188de (#5188de) is rgb(81, 136, 222) in RGB.

No, #5188de 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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