#5281dd

Color #5281dd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5281dd

RGB

rgb(82, 129, 221)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 67.1%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 62.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(54.78, 12.61, -51.81)

LCH

lch(54.78, 53.32, 283.68)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1489, 262.44)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 32.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddae52

Analogous

#52c6dd

#5281dd

#6852dd

Triadic

#5281dd

#dd5281

#81dd52

Split-complementary

#5281dd

#dd6852

#c6dd52

Tetradic

#5281dd

#ae52dd

#ddae52

#81dd52

Square

#5281dd

#dd52c6

#ddae52

#52dd68

Shades

Color #5281dd mixed toward black.

#2a63d3

#214fa9

#193b7f

#112854

#08142a

Tints

Color #5281dd mixed toward white.

#6f96e3

#8cabe8

#a9c0ee

#c5d5f4

#e2eaf9

Tones

Color #5281dd mixed toward gray.

#5e85d1

#6988c6

#758cba

#8090af

#8c94a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6acc · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#6763c7 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#55bcb9 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5281dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5281dd]

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

#5281dd (#5281dd) is rgb(82, 129, 221) in RGB.

No, #5281dd 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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