#5515e8

Color #5515e8

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5515e8

RGB

rgb(85, 21, 232)

HSL

hsl(258.2, 83.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.2, 90.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 90.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(34.58, 72.12, -90.93)

LCH

lch(34.58, 116.06, 308.42)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.2684, 282.37)

HWB

hwb(258.2, 8.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8e815

Analogous

#153ee8

#5515e8

#be15e8

Triadic

#5515e8

#e85515

#15e855

Split-complementary

#5515e8

#e8be15

#3ee815

Tetradic

#5515e8

#e815a8

#a8e815

#15e855

Square

#5515e8

#e8153e

#a8e815

#15e8be

Shades

Color #5515e8 mixed toward black.

#4711c1

#390e9b

#2a0a74

#1c074d

#0e0327

Tints

Color #5515e8 mixed toward white.

#713bed

#8d62f1

#aa89f4

#c6b0f8

#e3d8fb

Tones

Color #5515e8 mixed toward gray.

#5c27d6

#6338c5

#6a4ab3

#715ba2

#786d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.66:1

White text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4242cd · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#4549c6 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#53b5af · ΔE 50.6

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 32.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5515e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5515e8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5515e8 (#5515e8) is rgb(85, 21, 232) in RGB.

No, #5515e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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