#536f8f

Color #536f8f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#536f8f

RGB

rgb(83, 111, 143)

HSL

hsl(212, 26.5%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 42%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(45.89, -1.42, -20.72)

LCH

lch(45.89, 20.77, 266.08)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0604, 252.26)

HWB

hwb(212, 32.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f7353

Analogous

#538d8f

#536f8f

#55538f

Triadic

#536f8f

#8f536f

#6f8f53

Split-complementary

#536f8f

#8f5553

#8d8f53

Tetradic

#536f8f

#73538f

#8f7353

#6f8f53

Square

#536f8f

#8f538d

#8f7353

#538f55

Shades

Color #536f8f mixed toward black.

#455c77

#374a5f

#2a3747

#1c2530

#0e1218

Tints

Color #536f8f mixed toward white.

#6987a8

#879fb9

#a5b7cb

#c3cfdc

#e1e7ee

Tones

Color #536f8f mixed toward gray.

#586f8a

#5d7085

#627080

#67707b

#6c7176

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606188 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#5f5d86 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#558281 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 14.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #536f8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#536f8f]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#536f8f (#536f8f) is rgb(83, 111, 143) in RGB.

No, #536f8f 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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