#528ce3

Color #528ce3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#528ce3

RGB

rgb(82, 140, 227)

HSL

hsl(216, 72.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 63.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(58.13, 8.03, -49.83)

LCH

lch(58.13, 50.47, 279.15)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1447, 258.32)

HWB

hwb(216, 32.2%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3a952

Analogous

#52d4e3

#528ce3

#6152e3

Triadic

#528ce3

#e3528c

#8ce352

Split-complementary

#528ce3

#e36152

#d4e352

Tetradic

#528ce3

#a952e3

#e3a952

#8ce352

Square

#528ce3

#e352d4

#e3a952

#52e361

Shades

Color #528ce3 mixed toward black.

#266fdc

#1d58b1

#164285

#0e2c59

#07162c

Tints

Color #528ce3 mixed toward white.

#6f9fe8

#8cb2ec

#a9c6f1

#c5d9f6

#e2ecfa

Tones

Color #528ce3 mixed toward gray.

#5e8ed7

#6a91cb

#7693bf

#8296b3

#8e98a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070d2 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#6c68ce · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#56c4c0 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #528ce3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#528ce3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#528ce3 (#528ce3) is rgb(82, 140, 227) in RGB.

No, #528ce3 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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