#515c99

Color #515c99

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.07 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#515c99

RGB

rgb(81, 92, 153)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 30.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 47.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 39.9%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(40.74, 12.84, -34.74)

LCH

lch(40.74, 37.04, 290.28)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.0983, 274.49)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 31.8%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#998e51

Analogous

#518099

#515c99

#6a5199

Triadic

#515c99

#99515c

#5c9951

Split-complementary

#515c99

#996a51

#809951

Tetradic

#515c99

#8e5199

#998e51

#5c9951

Square

#515c99

#995180

#998e51

#51996a

Shades

Color #515c99 mixed toward black.

#434d80

#363d66

#282e4d

#1b1f33

#0d0f1a

Tints

Color #515c99 mixed toward white.

#6973af

#878fbf

#a5abcf

#c3c7df

#e1e3ef

Tones

Color #515c99 mixed toward gray.

#576093

#5d648d

#636987

#696d81

#6f717b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.34:1

White text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56568d · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#55548a · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#528381 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #515c99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515c99]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#515c99 (#515c99) is rgb(81, 92, 153) in RGB.

No, #515c99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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