#5385c9

Color #5385c9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5385c9

RGB

rgb(83, 133, 201)

HSL

hsl(214.6, 52.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.6, 58.7%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(54.9, 3.69, -40.33)

LCH

lch(54.9, 40.5, 275.23)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.1173, 256.44)

HWB

hwb(214.6, 32.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c99753

Analogous

#53c0c9

#5385c9

#5c53c9

Triadic

#5385c9

#c95385

#85c953

Split-complementary

#5385c9

#c95c53

#c0c953

Tetradic

#5385c9

#9753c9

#c99753

#85c953

Square

#5385c9

#c953c0

#c99753

#53c95c

Shades

Color #5385c9 mixed toward black.

#396db4

#2d5790

#22416c

#172c48

#0b1624

Tints

Color #5385c9 mixed toward white.

#7099d2

#8caedb

#a9c2e4

#c6d6ed

#e2ebf6

Tones

Color #5385c9 mixed toward gray.

#5d87bf

#6788b5

#718aac

#7a8ba2

#848d98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6dbb · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#6965b8 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#56b0ad · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5385c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5385c9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5385c9 (#5385c9) is rgb(83, 133, 201) in RGB.

No, #5385c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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