#53537c

Color #53537c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#53537c

RGB

rgb(83, 83, 124)

HSL

hsl(240, 19.8%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 33.1%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(36.89, 10.37, -23.16)

LCH

lch(36.89, 25.38, 294.12)

OKLCH

oklch(46%, 0.0662, 283.53)

HWB

hwb(240, 32.5%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7c53

Analogous

#53687c

#53537c

#68537c

Triadic

#53537c

#7c5353

#537c53

Split-complementary

#53537c

#7c6853

#687c53

Tetradic

#53537c

#7c537c

#7c7c53

#537c53

Square

#53537c

#7c5368

#7c7c53

#537c68

Shades

Color #53537c mixed toward black.

#454567

#373753

#2a2a3e

#1c1c29

#0e0e15

Tints

Color #53537c mixed toward white.

#68689a

#8686ae

#a4a4c2

#c3c3d7

#e1e1eb

Tones

Color #53537c mixed toward gray.

#565679

#5a5a75

#5d5d72

#61616e

#64646b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535374 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#535372 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#536d6b · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53537c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53537c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#53537c (#53537c) is rgb(83, 83, 124) in RGB.

No, #53537c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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