Blue
#5272CB
#5272CB is a blue with high intensity, at step 600 of its 50–950 scale. White text on it has a contrast of 4.5:1. It is readable as text on white (4.5:1).
#5272CB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #5272CB kept exactly at step 600. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F3F7FF
- 100 E3EBFF
- 200 C9D9FF
- 300 A3BEFF
- 400 7C9FF9
- 500 6182DD
- 600 5272CB
- 700 334E9F
- 800 223881
- 900 132462
- 950 061143
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f3f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e3ebff; --color-blue-200: #c9d9ff; --color-blue-300: #a3beff; --color-blue-400: #7c9ff9; --color-blue-500: #6182dd; --color-blue-600: #5272cb; --color-blue-700: #334e9f; --color-blue-800: #223881; --color-blue-900: #132462; --color-blue-950: #061143;}Is #5272CB readable?
Contrast for text on #5272CB and for #5272CB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 77 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on white
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5778D2 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 30 · Dividers and decoration only
Color palettes with #5272CB
Six palettes built around #5272CB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#5272CB · #AC91DD · #48B5F3 · #F0C4EC · #1A202D
- Complementary#5272CB · #CCAD6B · #D6AC00 · #D5DEFF · #2E333A
- Split complementary#5272CB · #E78343 · #8CC643 · #C4D5FF · #2D3036
- Triadic#5272CB · #C7585D · #3BBF48 · #C2DAFF · #262D3B
- Tetradic#5272CB · #D16F9A · #E0A622 · #91EFDF · #292E3B
- Monochromatic#5272CB · #7CA0EB · #8EAAFF · #CBD8FF · #21232E
#5272CB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #5272CB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F3F7FF
- Brand 100, #E3EBFF
- Brand 200, #C9D9FF
- Brand 300, #A3BEFF
- Brand 400, #7C9FF9
- Brand 500, #6182DD
- Brand 600, #5272CB
- Brand 700, #334E9F
- Brand 800, #223881
- Brand 900, #132462
- Brand 950, #061143
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D2D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9EA1A8
- Neutral 500, #70737C
- Neutral 600, #51545C
- Neutral 700, #3D4047
- Neutral 800, #25282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #080A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #92F1BF
- Success 300, #6DD8A3
- Success 400, #43BD85
- Success 500, #009E68
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CD
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #FDAC49
- Warning 400, #EC9408
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #EB3E4B
- Danger 600, #DA2A3D
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #5FA5FD
- Info 500, #347CD3
- Info 600, #246DC1
- Info 700, #0654A2
- Info 800, #003E7E
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 600 with white text, at 4.5:1.
- In dark mode primary lifts to Brand 500 so it reads on the dark background, at 5.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #5272CB
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