#527cdc

Color #527cdc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#527cdc

RGB

rgb(82, 124, 220)

HSL

hsl(221.7, 66.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.7, 62.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(53.36, 15.32, -53.51)

LCH

lch(53.36, 55.66, 285.98)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.1534, 264.5)

HWB

hwb(221.7, 32.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb252

Analogous

#52c1dc

#527cdc

#6d52dc

Triadic

#527cdc

#dc527c

#7cdc52

Split-complementary

#527cdc

#dc6d52

#c1dc52

Tetradic

#527cdc

#b252dc

#dcb252

#7cdc52

Square

#527cdc

#dc52c1

#dcb252

#52dc6d

Shades

Color #527cdc mixed toward black.

#2a5dd1

#224ba7

#19387e

#112554

#08132a

Tints

Color #527cdc mixed toward white.

#6f92e2

#8ca8e8

#a8beed

#c5d3f3

#e2e9f9

Tones

Color #527cdc mixed toward gray.

#5d81d0

#6985c5

#748ab9

#808eae

#8b92a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767ca · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#6461c5 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#55bab7 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #527cdc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#527cdc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#527cdc (#527cdc) is rgb(82, 124, 220) in RGB.

No, #527cdc 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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