#5199be

Color #5199be

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5199be

RGB

rgb(81, 153, 190)

HSL

hsl(200.4, 45.6%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.4, 57.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(60.11, -11.71, -25.99)

LCH

lch(60.11, 28.51, 245.75)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0909, 232.92)

HWB

hwb(200.4, 31.8%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be7651

Analogous

#51beac

#5199be

#5162be

Triadic

#5199be

#be5199

#99be51

Split-complementary

#5199be

#be5162

#beac51

Tetradic

#5199be

#7651be

#be7651

#99be51

Square

#5199be

#ac51be

#be7651

#62be51

Shades

Color #5199be mixed toward black.

#3d81a4

#316783

#254e63

#193442

#0c1a21

Tints

Color #5199be mixed toward white.

#6eaac9

#8bbbd4

#a8ccde

#c5dde9

#e2eef4

Tones

Color #5199be mixed toward gray.

#5a96b5

#6393ac

#6c90a3

#758d9a

#7e8a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b6 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#736db4 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#56afae · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5199be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5199be]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5199be (#5199be) is rgb(81, 153, 190) in RGB.

No, #5199be 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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