#5238cb

Color #5238cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 20.08 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5238cb

RGB

rgb(82, 56, 203)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 58.6%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 72.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(35.85, 50.65, -72.15)

LCH

lch(35.85, 88.15, 305.07)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.213, 282.53)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 22%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1cb38

Analogous

#3868cb

#5238cb

#9c38cb

Triadic

#5238cb

#cb5238

#38cb52

Split-complementary

#5238cb

#cb9c38

#68cb38

Tetradic

#5238cb

#cb38b1

#b1cb38

#38cb52

Square

#5238cb

#cb3868

#b1cb38

#38cb9c

Shades

Color #5238cb mixed toward black.

#432dab

#362489

#281b67

#1b1244

#0d0922

Tints

Color #5238cb mixed toward white.

#6f59d4

#8c7adc

#a89ce5

#c5bdee

#e2def6

Tones

Color #5238cb mixed toward gray.

#5a44bf

#6251b3

#6a5da6

#72699a

#7a758e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4848b5 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#4a4baf · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#51a19c · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5238cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5238cb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5238cb (#5238cb) is rgb(82, 56, 203) in RGB.

No, #5238cb 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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