#5281cb

Color #5281cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5281cb

RGB

rgb(82, 129, 203)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 53.8%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 59.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(53.82, 6.54, -43.16)

LCH

lch(53.82, 43.65, 278.62)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1245, 259.12)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 32.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb9c52

Analogous

#52becb

#5281cb

#6052cb

Triadic

#5281cb

#cb5281

#81cb52

Split-complementary

#5281cb

#cb6052

#becb52

Tetradic

#5281cb

#9c52cb

#cb9c52

#81cb52

Square

#5281cb

#cb52be

#cb9c52

#52cb60

Shades

Color #5281cb mixed toward black.

#3769b7

#2c5492

#213f6e

#162a49

#0b1525

Tints

Color #5281cb mixed toward white.

#6f96d4

#8cabdc

#a9c0e5

#c5d5ee

#e2eaf6

Tones

Color #5281cb mixed toward gray.

#5c83c1

#6686b7

#7088ad

#7a8aa3

#848c99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6abc · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#6763b9 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#55b0ad · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5281cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5281cb]

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

#5281cb (#5281cb) is rgb(82, 129, 203) in RGB.

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

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