#53569b

Color #53569b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#53569b

RGB

rgb(83, 86, 155)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 30.3%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 46.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 44.5%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(39.34, 17.8, -38.14)

LCH

lch(39.34, 42.09, 295.02)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.1095, 279.57)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 32.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9853

Analogous

#537a9b

#53569b

#74539b

Triadic

#53569b

#9b5356

#569b53

Split-complementary

#53569b

#9b7453

#7a9b53

Tetradic

#53569b

#98539b

#9b9853

#569b53

Square

#53569b

#9b537a

#9b9853

#539b74

Shades

Color #53569b mixed toward black.

#454881

#373967

#2a2b4e

#1c1d34

#0e0e1a

Tints

Color #53569b mixed toward white.

#6b6eb0

#898bc0

#a6a8d0

#c4c5df

#e1e2ef

Tones

Color #53569b mixed toward gray.

#595c95

#5f618f

#656789

#6b6c83

#71727d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#54548e · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#54548b · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#538380 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53569b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53569b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#53569b (#53569b) is rgb(83, 86, 155) in RGB.

No, #53569b 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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