#5391cd

Color #5391cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#5391cd

RGB

rgb(83, 145, 205)

HSL

hsl(209.5, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.5, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(58.5, -2.03, -36.92)

LCH

lch(58.5, 36.98, 266.85)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1112, 249.2)

HWB

hwb(209.5, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd8f53

Analogous

#53cdcc

#5391cd

#5354cd

Triadic

#5391cd

#cd5391

#91cd53

Split-complementary

#5391cd

#cd5354

#cdcc53

Tetradic

#5391cd

#8f53cd

#cd8f53

#91cd53

Square

#5391cd

#cc53cd

#cd8f53

#54cd53

Shades

Color #5391cd mixed toward black.

#3679ba

#2b6195

#204970

#16304a

#0b1825

Tints

Color #5391cd mixed toward white.

#70a3d5

#8cb6de

#a9c8e6

#c6daee

#e2edf7

Tones

Color #5391cd mixed toward gray.

#5d91c3

#6791b9

#7291af

#7c90a4

#86909a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374c1 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#6f6abe · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#57b6b4 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5391cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5391cd]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#5391cd (#5391cd) is rgb(83, 145, 205) in RGB.

No, #5391cd 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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