#5353a6

Color #5353a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5353a6

RGB

rgb(83, 83, 166)

HSL

hsl(240, 33.3%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 50%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 50%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(39.2, 23.19, -44.93)

LCH

lch(39.2, 50.56, 297.3)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.13, 280.41)

HWB

hwb(240, 32.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a653

Analogous

#537ca6

#5353a6

#7c53a6

Triadic

#5353a6

#a65353

#53a653

Split-complementary

#5353a6

#a67c53

#7ca653

Tetradic

#5353a6

#a653a6

#a6a653

#53a653

Square

#5353a6

#a6537c

#a6a653

#53a67c

Shades

Color #5353a6 mixed toward black.

#45458a

#37376f

#2a2a53

#1c1c37

#0e0e1c

Tints

Color #5353a6 mixed toward white.

#6e6eb6

#8b8bc5

#a8a8d3

#c5c5e2

#e2e2f0

Tones

Color #5353a6 mixed toward gray.

#5a5a9f

#616198

#686891

#6f6f8a

#767683

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.16:1

White text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535397 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#535393 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#538a87 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5353a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5353a6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5353a6 (#5353a6) is rgb(83, 83, 166) in RGB.

No, #5353a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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