#5f51c7

Color #5f51c7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 4.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5f51c7

RGB

rgb(95, 81, 199)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 51.3%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 59.3%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(41.91, 37.36, -59.9)

LCH

lch(41.91, 70.6, 301.95)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.1766, 283.66)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 31.8%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c751

Analogous

#517ec7

#5f51c7

#9a51c7

Triadic

#5f51c7

#c75f51

#51c75f

Split-complementary

#5f51c7

#c79a51

#7ec751

Tetradic

#5f51c7

#c751b9

#b9c751

#51c75f

Square

#5f51c7

#c7517e

#b9c751

#51c79a

Shades

Color #5f51c7 mixed toward black.

#4739b1

#392d8d

#2b226a

#1c1747

#0e0b23

Tints

Color #5f51c7 mixed toward white.

#7a6ed0

#948bda

#afa8e3

#cac5ec

#e4e2f6

Tones

Color #5f51c7 mixed toward gray.

#665bbd

#6e65b3

#756ea9

#7d78a0

#848296

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.49:1

White text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5959b3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#5a5bae · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5ea29d · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f51c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f51c7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f51c7 (#5f51c7) is rgb(95, 81, 199) in RGB.

No, #5f51c7 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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