#5388ed

Color #5388ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5388ed

RGB

rgb(83, 136, 237)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 81.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 65%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(65%, 42.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(57.62, 14, -56.2)

LCH

lch(57.62, 57.92, 283.99)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.162, 262.01)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 32.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb853

Analogous

#53d5ed

#5388ed

#6b53ed

Triadic

#5388ed

#ed5388

#88ed53

Split-complementary

#5388ed

#ed6b53

#d5ed53

Tetradic

#5388ed

#b853ed

#edb853

#88ed53

Square

#5388ed

#ed53d5

#edb853

#53ed6b

Shades

Color #5388ed mixed toward black.

#2266e8

#1450c1

#0f3c91

#0a2861

#051430

Tints

Color #5388ed mixed toward white.

#6f9cf0

#8caff3

#a9c3f6

#c6d7f9

#e2ebfc

Tones

Color #5388ed mixed toward gray.

#608ce0

#6c90d3

#7994c6

#8698ba

#939cad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6eda · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#6b67d5 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#57c9c6 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5388ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5388ed]

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

#5388ed (#5388ed) is rgb(83, 136, 237) in RGB.

No, #5388ed 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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