#538fa9

Color #538fa9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#538fa9

RGB

rgb(83, 143, 169)

HSL

hsl(198.1, 34.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.1, 50.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(56.43, -12.12, -19.71)

LCH

lch(56.43, 23.14, 238.41)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0737, 227.8)

HWB

hwb(198.1, 32.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a96d53

Analogous

#53a998

#538fa9

#5364a9

Triadic

#538fa9

#a9538f

#8fa953

Split-complementary

#538fa9

#a95364

#a99853

Tetradic

#538fa9

#6d53a9

#a96d53

#8fa953

Square

#538fa9

#9853a9

#a96d53

#64a953

Shades

Color #538fa9 mixed toward black.

#45778d

#375f71

#2a4854

#1c3038

#0e181c

Tints

Color #538fa9 mixed toward white.

#6fa2b8

#8cb5c6

#a8c7d4

#c5dae3

#e2ecf1

Tones

Color #538fa9 mixed toward gray.

#5a8ca2

#61899b

#688693

#70848c

#778185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272a3 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#6e6aa2 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#579e9d · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #538fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538fa9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#538fa9 (#538fa9) is rgb(83, 143, 169) in RGB.

No, #538fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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