#5651a1

Color #5651a1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5651a1

RGB

rgb(86, 81, 161)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 33.1%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 49.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.6%, 49.7%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(38.61, 23.6, -42.88)

LCH

lch(38.61, 48.95, 298.83)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.1252, 283.44)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 31.8%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca151

Analogous

#5174a1

#5651a1

#7e51a1

Triadic

#5651a1

#a15651

#51a156

Split-complementary

#5651a1

#a17e51

#74a151

Tetradic

#5651a1

#a1519c

#9ca151

#51a156

Square

#5651a1

#a15174

#9ca151

#51a17e

Shades

Color #5651a1 mixed toward black.

#484486

#39366b

#2b2951

#1d1b36

#0e0e1b

Tints

Color #5651a1 mixed toward white.

#6f6bb4

#8c88c3

#a9a6d2

#c5c4e1

#e2e1f0

Tones

Color #5651a1 mixed toward gray.

#5c589b

#625e94

#68658d

#6d6c86

#737280

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.09:1

White text reads better on this background (6.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545493 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#54558f · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#568683 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5651a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5651a1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5651a1 (#5651a1) is rgb(86, 81, 161) in RGB.

No, #5651a1 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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