#5281d6

Color #5281d6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5281d6

RGB

rgb(82, 129, 214)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 61.7%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 61.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.7%, 39.7%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(54.39, 10.24, -48.47)

LCH

lch(54.39, 49.54, 281.93)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.1395, 261.34)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 32.2%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6a752

Analogous

#52c3d6

#5281d6

#6552d6

Triadic

#5281d6

#d65281

#81d652

Split-complementary

#5281d6

#d66552

#c3d652

Tetradic

#5281d6

#a752d6

#d6a752

#81d652

Square

#5281d6

#d652c3

#d6a752

#52d665

Shades

Color #5281d6 mixed toward black.

#2f65c7

#26519f

#1c3d78

#132950

#091428

Tints

Color #5281d6 mixed toward white.

#6f96dd

#8cabe4

#a8c0ea

#c5d5f1

#e2eaf8

Tones

Color #5281d6 mixed toward gray.

#5d84cb

#6887c0

#738ab5

#7e8eaa

#89919f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ac6 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#6763c2 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#55b7b4 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5281d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5281d6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5281d6 (#5281d6) is rgb(82, 129, 214) in RGB.

No, #5281d6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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