#5388ef

Color #5388ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5388ef

RGB

rgb(83, 136, 239)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 83%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 65.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.3%, 43.1%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(57.73, 14.68, -57.13)

LCH

lch(57.73, 58.99, 284.41)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1646, 262.25)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 32.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efba53

Analogous

#53d6ef

#5388ef

#6c53ef

Triadic

#5388ef

#ef5388

#88ef53

Split-complementary

#5388ef

#ef6c53

#d6ef53

Tetradic

#5388ef

#ba53ef

#efba53

#88ef53

Square

#5388ef

#ef53d6

#efba53

#53ef6c

Shades

Color #5388ef mixed toward black.

#2266ea

#124fc4

#0e3b93

#092762

#051431

Tints

Color #5388ef mixed toward white.

#709cf2

#8cb0f4

#a9c3f7

#c6d7fa

#e2ebfc

Tones

Color #5388ef mixed toward gray.

#608ce2

#6d90d5

#7a94c8

#8799bb

#949dae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6edc · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#6b67d7 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#57cbc7 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 25.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5388ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5388ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5388ef (#5388ef) is rgb(83, 136, 239) in RGB.

No, #5388ef 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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