#5280cb

Color #5280cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5280cb

RGB

rgb(82, 128, 203)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 53.8%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 59.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(53.54, 7.15, -43.61)

LCH

lch(53.54, 44.19, 279.31)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1256, 259.73)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 32.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb9d52

Analogous

#52bdcb

#5280cb

#6152cb

Triadic

#5280cb

#cb5280

#80cb52

Split-complementary

#5280cb

#cb6152

#bdcb52

Tetradic

#5280cb

#9d52cb

#cb9d52

#80cb52

Square

#5280cb

#cb52bd

#cb9d52

#52cb61

Shades

Color #5280cb mixed toward black.

#3767b7

#2c5392

#213e6e

#162949

#0b1525

Tints

Color #5280cb mixed toward white.

#6f95d4

#8caadc

#a9c0e5

#c5d5ee

#e2eaf6

Tones

Color #5280cb mixed toward gray.

#5c82c1

#6685b7

#7087ad

#7a8aa3

#848c99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969bc · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#6663b9 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#55b0ad · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5280cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5280cb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5280cb (#5280cb) is rgb(82, 128, 203) in RGB.

No, #5280cb 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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