#5252e1

Color #5252e1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5252e1

RGB

rgb(82, 82, 225)

HSL

hsl(240, 70.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 63.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(43.16, 42.82, -72.83)

LCH

lch(43.16, 84.49, 300.45)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.2112, 276.36)

HWB

hwb(240, 32.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e152

Analogous

#529ae1

#5252e1

#9a52e1

Triadic

#5252e1

#e15252

#52e152

Split-complementary

#5252e1

#e19a52

#9ae152

Tetradic

#5252e1

#e152e1

#e1e152

#52e152

Square

#5252e1

#e1529a

#e1e152

#52e19a

Shades

Color #5252e1 mixed toward black.

#2626d9

#1e1eae

#171783

#0f0f57

#08082c

Tints

Color #5252e1 mixed toward white.

#6f6fe6

#8c8ceb

#a9a9f0

#c5c5f5

#e2e2fa

Tones

Color #5252e1 mixed toward gray.

#5e5ed5

#6a6ac9

#7676bd

#8282b1

#8e8ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5252ca · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5252c4 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#52b5b0 · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5252e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5252e1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5252e1 (#5252e1) is rgb(82, 82, 225) in RGB.

No, #5252e1 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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