#51478c

Color #51478c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.18 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#51478c

RGB

rgb(81, 71, 140)

HSL

hsl(248.7, 32.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.7, 49.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(34.29, 22.21, -37.1)

LCH

lch(34.29, 43.24, 300.91)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.1102, 287.7)

HWB

hwb(248.7, 27.8%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828c47

Analogous

#47608c

#51478c

#74478c

Triadic

#51478c

#8c5147

#478c51

Split-complementary

#51478c

#8c7447

#608c47

Tetradic

#51478c

#8c4782

#828c47

#478c51

Square

#51478c

#8c4760

#828c47

#478c74

Shades

Color #51478c mixed toward black.

#443b75

#362f5d

#292446

#1b182f

#0e0c17

Tints

Color #51478c mixed toward white.

#665aab

#847bbc

#a39ccd

#c2bddd

#e0deee

Tones

Color #51478c mixed toward gray.

#554d86

#595381

#5d587b

#615e75

#65646f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d7f · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#4d4e7c · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#517472 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 22.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #51478c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51478c]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#51478c (#51478c) is rgb(81, 71, 140) in RGB.

No, #51478c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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