#5281bb

Color #5281bb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 6.21 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5281bb

RGB

rgb(82, 129, 187)

HSL

hsl(213.1, 43.6%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.1, 56.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(53.04, 1.28, -35.27)

LCH

lch(53.04, 35.29, 272.08)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.1031, 254.41)

HWB

hwb(213.1, 32.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb8c52

Analogous

#52b6bb

#5281bb

#5752bb

Triadic

#5281bb

#bb5281

#81bb52

Split-complementary

#5281bb

#bb5752

#b6bb52

Tetradic

#5281bb

#8c52bb

#bb8c52

#81bb52

Square

#5281bb

#bb52b6

#bb8c52

#52bb57

Shades

Color #5281bb mixed toward black.

#3f6ba1

#335681

#264060

#192b40

#0d1520

Tints

Color #5281bb mixed toward white.

#6f96c6

#8cabd2

#a8c0dd

#c5d5e8

#e2eaf4

Tones

Color #5281bb mixed toward gray.

#5b82b2

#6383a9

#6c84a1

#758598

#7e858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aaf · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6763ac · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#55a5a3 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5281bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5281bb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#5281bb (#5281bb) is rgb(82, 129, 187) in RGB.

No, #5281bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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