#5165ea

Color #5165ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5165ea

RGB

rgb(81, 101, 234)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 78.5%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 65.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(48.25, 34.14, -69.61)

LCH

lch(48.25, 77.53, 296.13)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.2005, 271.91)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 31.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ead651

Analogous

#51b1ea

#5165ea

#8a51ea

Triadic

#5165ea

#ea5165

#65ea51

Split-complementary

#5165ea

#ea8a51

#b1ea51

Tetradic

#5165ea

#d651ea

#ead651

#65ea51

Square

#5165ea

#ea51b1

#ead651

#51ea8a

Shades

Color #5165ea mixed toward black.

#223be4

#172cbc

#11218d

#0b165e

#060b2f

Tints

Color #5165ea mixed toward white.

#6e7fee

#8b98f1

#a8b2f5

#c5ccf8

#e2e5fc

Tones

Color #5165ea mixed toward gray.

#5e6edd

#6b78d1

#7781c4

#848bb7

#9194aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5bd4 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5958ce · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#52bfba · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5165ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5165ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5165ea (#5165ea) is rgb(81, 101, 234) in RGB.

No, #5165ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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