#534d8e

Color #534d8e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#534d8e

RGB

rgb(83, 77, 142)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 29.7%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 45.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(36.17, 19.52, -35.32)

LCH

lch(36.17, 40.36, 298.93)

OKLCH

oklch(45.8%, 0.1036, 285.74)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 30.2%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888e4d

Analogous

#4d678e

#534d8e

#734d8e

Triadic

#534d8e

#8e534d

#4d8e53

Split-complementary

#534d8e

#8e734d

#678e4d

Tetradic

#534d8e

#8e4d88

#888e4d

#4d8e53

Square

#534d8e

#8e4d67

#888e4d

#4d8e73

Shades

Color #534d8e mixed toward black.

#454076

#37335f

#292647

#1c1a2f

#0e0d18

Tints

Color #534d8e mixed toward white.

#6862aa

#8681bb

#a5a1cc

#c3c0dd

#e1e0ee

Tones

Color #534d8e mixed toward gray.

#575288

#5c5883

#605d7e

#656378

#696873

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#505082 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#51517f · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#537775 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #534d8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#534d8e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#534d8e (#534d8e) is rgb(83, 77, 142) in RGB.

No, #534d8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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