#5388cf

Color #5388cf

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.9 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5388cf

RGB

rgb(83, 136, 207)

HSL

hsl(214.4, 56.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.4, 59.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(56.04, 3.89, -41.92)

LCH

lch(56.04, 42.1, 275.3)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1221, 256.17)

HWB

hwb(214.4, 32.5%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cf9a53

Analogous

#53c6cf

#5388cf

#5c53cf

Triadic

#5388cf

#cf5388

#88cf53

Split-complementary

#5388cf

#cf5c53

#c6cf53

Tetradic

#5388cf

#9a53cf

#cf9a53

#88cf53

Square

#5388cf

#cf53c6

#cf9a53

#53cf5c

Shades

Color #5388cf mixed toward black.

#356fbd

#2a5997

#204371

#152c4c

#0b1626

Tints

Color #5388cf mixed toward white.

#709cd7

#8cb0df

#a9c4e7

#c6d7ef

#e2ebf7

Tones

Color #5388cf mixed toward gray.

#5d8ac5

#688bba

#728db0

#7c8ea6

#87909b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ec1 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#6b67bd · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#57b5b2 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5388cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5388cf]

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

#5388cf (#5388cf) is rgb(83, 136, 207) in RGB.

No, #5388cf 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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