#51486f

Color #51486f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#51486f

RGB

rgb(81, 72, 111)

HSL

hsl(253.8, 21.3%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.8, 35.1%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 35.1%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(32.99, 13.13, -21.16)

LCH

lch(32.99, 24.9, 301.82)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.0643, 294.13)

HWB

hwb(253.8, 28.2%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#666f48

Analogous

#48536f

#51486f

#65486f

Triadic

#51486f

#6f5148

#486f51

Split-complementary

#51486f

#6f6548

#536f48

Tetradic

#51486f

#6f4866

#666f48

#486f51

Square

#51486f

#6f4853

#666f48

#486f65

Shades

Color #51486f mixed toward black.

#443c5d

#36304a

#292438

#1b1825

#0e0c13

Tints

Color #51486f mixed toward white.

#695d90

#857ba9

#a49cbf

#c2bdd4

#e1deea

Tones

Color #51486f mixed toward gray.

#534b6c

#554f69

#565265

#585562

#5a585f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d67 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#4e4e65 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#51605f · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51486f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51486f]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#51486f (#51486f) is rgb(81, 72, 111) in RGB.

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

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