#536d98

Color #536d98

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#536d98

RGB

rgb(83, 109, 152)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 29.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 45.4%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(45.69, 2.48, -26.37)

LCH

lch(45.69, 26.49, 275.37)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0748, 260.22)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 32.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#987e53

Analogous

#539098

#536d98

#5c5398

Triadic

#536d98

#98536d

#6d9853

Split-complementary

#536d98

#985c53

#909853

Tetradic

#536d98

#7e5398

#987e53

#6d9853

Square

#536d98

#985390

#987e53

#53985c

Shades

Color #536d98 mixed toward black.

#455b7f

#374965

#29374c

#1c2433

#0e1219

Tints

Color #536d98 mixed toward white.

#6b84ae

#889dbe

#a6b5ce

#c4cedf

#e1e6ef

Tones

Color #536d98 mixed toward gray.

#596e92

#5f708d

#647187

#6a7381

#70747b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.01:1

White text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f608f · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5c8d · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#558886 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #536d98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#536d98]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#536d98 (#536d98) is rgb(83, 109, 152) in RGB.

No, #536d98 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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