#5172d7

Color #5172d7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 12.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5172d7

RGB

rgb(81, 114, 215)

HSL

hsl(225.2, 62.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.2, 62.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.3%, 47%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(50.32, 19.6, -55.55)

LCH

lch(50.32, 58.91, 289.43)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.1589, 267.66)

HWB

hwb(225.2, 31.8%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7b651

Analogous

#51b5d7

#5172d7

#7351d7

Triadic

#5172d7

#d75172

#72d751

Split-complementary

#5172d7

#d77351

#b5d751

Tetradic

#5172d7

#b651d7

#d7b651

#72d751

Square

#5172d7

#d751b5

#d7b651

#51d773

Shades

Color #5172d7 mixed toward black.

#2e54c8

#2543a0

#1c3278

#122250

#091128

Tints

Color #5172d7 mixed toward white.

#6e89de

#8ba1e4

#a8b8eb

#c5d0f2

#e2e7f8

Tones

Color #5172d7 mixed toward gray.

#5c78cc

#677dc1

#7283b5

#7e89aa

#898e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161c5 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#5f5cc0 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#53b4b0 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5172d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5172d7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5172d7 (#5172d7) is rgb(81, 114, 215) in RGB.

No, #5172d7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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