#5161bd

Color #5161bd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 15.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5161bd

RGB

rgb(81, 97, 189)

HSL

hsl(231.1, 45%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.1, 57.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 48.7%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(44.19, 21.43, -50.46)

LCH

lch(44.19, 54.82, 293.01)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.1443, 273.06)

HWB

hwb(231.1, 31.8%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdad51

Analogous

#5197bd

#5161bd

#7751bd

Triadic

#5161bd

#bd5161

#61bd51

Split-complementary

#5161bd

#bd7751

#97bd51

Tetradic

#5161bd

#ad51bd

#bdad51

#61bd51

Square

#5161bd

#bd5197

#bdad51

#51bd77

Shades

Color #5161bd mixed toward black.

#3e4da3

#313d82

#252e62

#191f41

#0c0f21

Tints

Color #5161bd mixed toward white.

#6e7bc8

#8b96d3

#a8b0de

#c5cae9

#e2e5f4

Tones

Color #5161bd mixed toward gray.

#5a67b4

#636eab

#6c74a2

#757a99

#7e8190

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5859ac · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#5756a8 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#529e9a · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5161bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5161bd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5161bd (#5161bd) is rgb(81, 97, 189) in RGB.

No, #5161bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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