#5526cb

Color #5526cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5526cb

RGB

rgb(85, 38, 203)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 68.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 81.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(33.2, 59.44, -76.52)

LCH

lch(33.2, 96.89, 307.84)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.229, 285.71)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 14.9%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ccb26

Analogous

#264acb

#5526cb

#a826cb

Triadic

#5526cb

#cb5526

#26cb55

Split-complementary

#5526cb

#cba826

#4acb26

Tetradic

#5526cb

#cb269c

#9ccb26

#26cb55

Square

#5526cb

#cb264a

#9ccb26

#26cba8

Shades

Color #5526cb mixed toward black.

#4720a9

#391987

#2b1366

#1c0d44

#0e0622

Tints

Color #5526cb mixed toward white.

#6e42dc

#8b68e3

#a88eea

#c5b4f1

#e2d9f8

Tones

Color #5526cb mixed toward gray.

#5b34bd

#6142b0

#674fa2

#6d5d94

#736b86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.53:1

White text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4545b4 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#484aae · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#539f9a · ΔE 44.4

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 30.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5526cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5526cb]

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

#5526cb (#5526cb) is rgb(85, 38, 203) in RGB.

No, #5526cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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