#537579

Color #537579

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#537579

RGB

rgb(83, 117, 121)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 18.6%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 31.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.9, -11.02, -6.11)

LCH

lch(46.9, 12.6, 209.01)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0392, 205.19)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 32.5%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#795753

Analogous

#53796a

#537579

#536279

Triadic

#537579

#795375

#757953

Split-complementary

#537579

#795362

#796a53

Tetradic

#537579

#575379

#795753

#757953

Square

#537579

#6a5379

#795753

#627953

Shades

Color #537579 mixed toward black.

#456165

#374e51

#2a3a3c

#1c2728

#0e1314

Tints

Color #537579 mixed toward white.

#689297

#86a8ac

#a4bec1

#c3d3d5

#e1e9ea

Tones

Color #537579 mixed toward gray.

#567276

#597073

#5d6d6f

#606b6c

#636869

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636478 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#615f78 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#557777 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #537579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#537579]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#537579 (#537579) is rgb(83, 117, 121) in RGB.

No, #537579 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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