#537fa9

Color #537fa9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#537fa9

RGB

rgb(83, 127, 169)

HSL

hsl(209.3, 34.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.3, 50.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(51.7, -3.02, -26.99)

LCH

lch(51.7, 27.16, 263.62)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0812, 248.24)

HWB

hwb(209.3, 32.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a97d53

Analogous

#53a9a8

#537fa9

#5354a9

Triadic

#537fa9

#a9537f

#7fa953

Split-complementary

#537fa9

#a95354

#a9a853

Tetradic

#537fa9

#7d53a9

#a97d53

#7fa953

Square

#537fa9

#a853a9

#a97d53

#54a953

Shades

Color #537fa9 mixed toward black.

#456a8d

#375571

#2a3f54

#1c2a38

#0e151c

Tints

Color #537fa9 mixed toward white.

#6f94b8

#8caac6

#a8bfd4

#c5d4e3

#e2eaf1

Tones

Color #537fa9 mixed toward gray.

#5a7fa2

#617f9b

#687e93

#707e8c

#777e85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969a0 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#66639e · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#569997 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #537fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#537fa9]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#537fa9 (#537fa9) is rgb(83, 127, 169) in RGB.

No, #537fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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