#5182e1

Color #5182e1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5182e1

RGB

rgb(81, 130, 225)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 70.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 64%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64%, 42.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(55.22, 13.19, -53.33)

LCH

lch(55.22, 54.94, 283.89)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.1535, 262.29)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 31.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b051

Analogous

#51cae1

#5182e1

#6851e1

Triadic

#5182e1

#e15182

#82e151

Split-complementary

#5182e1

#e16851

#cae151

Tetradic

#5182e1

#b051e1

#e1b051

#82e151

Square

#5182e1

#e151ca

#e1b051

#51e168

Shades

Color #5182e1 mixed toward black.

#2563da

#1e4fae

#163b83

#0f2757

#07142c

Tints

Color #5182e1 mixed toward white.

#6e97e6

#8baceb

#a8c0f0

#c5d5f5

#e2eafa

Tones

Color #5182e1 mixed toward gray.

#5d86d5

#698ac9

#758dbd

#8191b1

#8d95a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6acf · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#6763cb · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#54bfbc · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5182e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5182e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5182e1 (#5182e1) is rgb(81, 130, 225) in RGB.

No, #5182e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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