#5379bc

Color #5379bc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5379bc

RGB

rgb(83, 121, 188)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 43.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 55.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(50.85, 6.62, -39.28)

LCH

lch(50.85, 39.83, 279.57)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1124, 261.09)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 32.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc9653

Analogous

#53adbc

#5379bc

#6153bc

Triadic

#5379bc

#bc5379

#79bc53

Split-complementary

#5379bc

#bc6153

#adbc53

Tetradic

#5379bc

#9653bc

#bc9653

#79bc53

Square

#5379bc

#bc53ad

#bc9653

#53bc61

Shades

Color #5379bc mixed toward black.

#3f63a2

#334f82

#263b61

#192841

#0d1420

Tints

Color #5379bc mixed toward white.

#708fc7

#8ca6d2

#a9bcdd

#c6d2e9

#e2e9f4

Tones

Color #5379bc mixed toward gray.

#5c7bb3

#647eaa

#6d80a2

#768399

#7f8590

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666af · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#6360ab · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#55a3a1 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5379bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5379bc]

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

#5379bc (#5379bc) is rgb(83, 121, 188) in RGB.

No, #5379bc 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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