#51486c

Color #51486c

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#51486c

RGB

rgb(81, 72, 108)

HSL

hsl(255, 20%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 33.3%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 33.3%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(32.85, 12.32, -19.49)

LCH

lch(32.85, 23.06, 302.3)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.0596, 295.23)

HWB

hwb(255, 28.2%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#636c48

Analogous

#48516c

#51486c

#63486c

Triadic

#51486c

#6c5148

#486c51

Split-complementary

#51486c

#6c6348

#516c48

Tetradic

#51486c

#6c4863

#636c48

#486c51

Square

#51486c

#6c4851

#636c48

#486c63

Shades

Color #51486c mixed toward black.

#443c5a

#363048

#292436

#1b1824

#0e0c12

Tints

Color #51486c mixed toward white.

#6a5e8d

#867ba7

#a49cbd

#c3bdd3

#e1dee9

Tones

Color #51486c mixed toward gray.

#534b69

#544e66

#565163

#575460

#59575d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.49:1

White text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d65 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#4e4e63 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#515e5d · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #51486c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51486c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#51486c (#51486c) is rgb(81, 72, 108) in RGB.

No, #51486c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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