#5d51b0

Color #5d51b0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5d51b0

RGB

rgb(93, 81, 176)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 37.5%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 54%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.2%, 54%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(40.16, 29.88, -49.28)

LCH

lch(40.16, 57.63, 301.23)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.1457, 285.56)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 31.8%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4b051

Analogous

#5175b0

#5d51b0

#8d51b0

Triadic

#5d51b0

#b05d51

#51b05d

Split-complementary

#5d51b0

#b08d51

#75b051

Tetradic

#5d51b0

#b051a4

#a4b051

#51b05d

Square

#5d51b0

#b05175

#a4b051

#51b08d

Shades

Color #5d51b0 mixed toward black.

#4d4393

#3e3676

#2e2858

#1f1b3b

#0f0d1d

Tints

Color #5d51b0 mixed toward white.

#786ebd

#938bca

#aea8d7

#c9c5e5

#e4e2f2

Tones

Color #5d51b0 mixed toward gray.

#6359a8

#6961a0

#6f6998

#757190

#7b7988

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58589f · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#595a9b · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5c918d · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d51b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d51b0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d51b0 (#5d51b0) is rgb(93, 81, 176) in RGB.

No, #5d51b0 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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