#5240ad

Color #5240ad

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5240ad

RGB

rgb(82, 64, 173)

HSL

hsl(249.9, 46%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.9, 63%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.6%, 63%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(34.96, 37, -55.96)

LCH

lch(34.96, 67.09, 303.47)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.1663, 285.23)

HWB

hwb(249.9, 25.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bad40

Analogous

#4065ad

#5240ad

#8940ad

Triadic

#5240ad

#ad5240

#40ad52

Split-complementary

#5240ad

#ad8940

#65ad40

Tetradic

#5240ad

#ad409b

#9bad40

#40ad52

Square

#5240ad

#ad4065

#9bad40

#40ad89

Shades

Color #5240ad mixed toward black.

#443590

#372b73

#292057

#1b153a

#0e0b1d

Tints

Color #5240ad mixed toward white.

#6a59c2

#887ace

#a69bda

#c4bde6

#e1def3

Tones

Color #5240ad mixed toward gray.

#5849a4

#5e529b

#645b92

#6a6489

#706d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b9b · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#4c4d97 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#518b87 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5240ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5240ad]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5240ad (#5240ad) is rgb(82, 64, 173) in RGB.

No, #5240ad 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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