#538790

Color #538790

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#538790

RGB

rgb(83, 135, 144)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 26.9%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 42.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(53.15, -14.88, -10.28)

LCH

lch(53.15, 18.09, 214.64)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.0572, 209.66)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 32.5%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#905c53

Analogous

#53907b

#538790

#536890

Triadic

#538790

#905387

#879053

Split-complementary

#538790

#905368

#907b53

Tetradic

#538790

#5c5390

#905c53

#879053

Square

#538790

#7b5390

#905c53

#689053

Shades

Color #538790 mixed toward black.

#457078

#375a60

#294348

#1c2d30

#0e1618

Tints

Color #538790 mixed toward white.

#699fa9

#87b3ba

#a5c6cb

#c3d9dd

#e1ecee

Tones

Color #538790 mixed toward gray.

#58838b

#5d8086

#627c81

#67797c

#6c7577

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e8e · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#6a668d · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#578c8c · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #538790;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538790]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#538790 (#538790) is rgb(83, 135, 144) in RGB.

No, #538790 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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