#5372b9

Color #5372b9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.65 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5372b9

RGB

rgb(83, 114, 185)

HSL

hsl(221.8, 42.1%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.8, 55.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 38.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(48.73, 9.92, -40.91)

LCH

lch(48.73, 42.1, 283.63)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1162, 265.06)

HWB

hwb(221.8, 32.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b99a53

Analogous

#53a5b9

#5372b9

#6753b9

Triadic

#5372b9

#b95372

#72b953

Split-complementary

#5372b9

#b96753

#a5b953

Tetradic

#5372b9

#9a53b9

#b99a53

#72b953

Square

#5372b9

#b953a5

#b99a53

#53b967

Shades

Color #5372b9 mixed toward black.

#415d9f

#344a7f

#27385f

#1a253f

#0d1320

Tints

Color #5372b9 mixed toward white.

#7089c5

#8ca1d0

#a9b8dc

#c6d0e8

#e2e7f3

Tones

Color #5372b9 mixed toward gray.

#5b75b0

#6479a8

#6c7c9f

#757f97

#7d838e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262ab · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#605ea8 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#559f9c · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 21.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5372b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5372b9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5372b9 (#5372b9) is rgb(83, 114, 185) in RGB.

No, #5372b9 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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