#53516e

Color #53516e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#53516e

RGB

rgb(83, 81, 110)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 15.2%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 26.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(35.69, 7.78, -16.34)

LCH

lch(35.69, 18.1, 295.46)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.0471, 287.55)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 31.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c6e51

Analogous

#515e6e

#53516e

#62516e

Triadic

#53516e

#6e5351

#516e53

Split-complementary

#53516e

#6e6251

#5e6e51

Tetradic

#53516e

#6e516c

#6c6e51

#516e53

Square

#53516e

#6e515e

#6c6e51

#516e62

Shades

Color #53516e mixed toward black.

#45445c

#373649

#2a2937

#1c1b25

#0e0e12

Tints

Color #53516e mixed toward white.

#6a688d

#8785a5

#a5a3bb

#c3c2d2

#e1e0e8

Tones

Color #53516e mixed toward gray.

#55546c

#575669

#595867

#5b5b64

#5e5d62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525268 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#525266 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#536362 · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 13.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53516e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53516e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#53516e (#53516e) is rgb(83, 81, 110) in RGB.

No, #53516e 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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