#506DE2

A light, vivid blue closely aligning with Royalblue.

About #506DE2

When working with digital screens, the color #506DE2 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Royalblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 80, 109, and 226.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 65% cyan and 52% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#506DE2
RGB80, 109, 226
HSL228.1°, 71.6%, 60.0%
CMYK65%, 52%, 0%, 11%
HSV228.1°, 64.6%, 88.6%
LAB49.7, 26.3, -62.8
XYZ22.5, 18.1, 74.3
Decimal5271010

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.54:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.63:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.34:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.93:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #506DE2; }
.text-color { color: #506DE2; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #506DE2; }

Similar Colors

Royalblue
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