#538af4

Color #538af4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 7.15 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#538af4

RGB

rgb(83, 138, 244)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 88%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 66%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66%, 43.4%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(58.55, 15.19, -58.58)

LCH

lch(58.55, 60.52, 284.54)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.169, 262.11)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 32.5%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4bd53

Analogous

#53dbf4

#538af4

#6c53f4

Triadic

#538af4

#f4538a

#8af453

Split-complementary

#538af4

#f46c53

#dbf453

Tetradic

#538af4

#bd53f4

#f4bd53

#8af453

Square

#538af4

#f453db

#f4bd53

#53f46c

Shades

Color #538af4 mixed toward black.

#2067f1

#0d4fcd

#0a3b9a

#072766

#031433

Tints

Color #538af4 mixed toward white.

#709df6

#8cb1f8

#a9c4fa

#c6d8fb

#e2ebfd

Tones

Color #538af4 mixed toward gray.

#608ee7

#6e92d9

#7b97cc

#899bbe

#969fb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70e0 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#6c67db · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#57cfcb · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #538af4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538af4]

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

#538af4 (#538af4) is rgb(83, 138, 244) in RGB.

No, #538af4 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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