#5371aa

Color #5371aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.98 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5371aa

RGB

rgb(83, 113, 170)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 34.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 51.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.69, 5.67, -33.83)

LCH

lch(47.69, 34.3, 279.51)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.096, 262.46)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 32.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8c53

Analogous

#539daa

#5371aa

#6053aa

Triadic

#5371aa

#aa5371

#71aa53

Split-complementary

#5371aa

#aa6053

#9daa53

Tetradic

#5371aa

#8c53aa

#aa8c53

#71aa53

Square

#5371aa

#aa539d

#aa8c53

#53aa60

Shades

Color #5371aa mixed toward black.

#455e8e

#374b71

#293855

#1c2639

#0e131c

Tints

Color #5371aa mixed toward white.

#6f88b9

#8ca0c7

#a9b8d5

#c5d0e3

#e2e7f1

Tones

Color #5371aa mixed toward gray.

#5a73a3

#61759b

#697894

#707a8d

#777c86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61629f · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#605d9c · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#559592 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 19.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5371aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5371aa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5371aa (#5371aa) is rgb(83, 113, 170) in RGB.

No, #5371aa 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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