#53949f

Color #53949f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.33 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#53949f

RGB

rgb(83, 148, 159)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 31.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 47.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.58, -17.72, -12.26)

LCH

lch(57.58, 21.55, 214.68)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0684, 209.6)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 32.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f5e53

Analogous

#539f84

#53949f

#536e9f

Triadic

#53949f

#9f5394

#949f53

Split-complementary

#53949f

#9f536e

#9f8453

Tetradic

#53949f

#5e539f

#9f5e53

#949f53

Square

#53949f

#84539f

#9f5e53

#6e9f53

Shades

Color #53949f mixed toward black.

#457b85

#37636a

#2a4a50

#1c3135

#0e191b

Tints

Color #53949f mixed toward white.

#6ca8b2

#8abac2

#a7cbd1

#c4dce0

#e2eef0

Tones

Color #53949f mixed toward gray.

#599099

#608b92

#66878c

#6c8286

#737e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75759c · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#716c9c · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#589a9a · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53949f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53949f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#53949f (#53949f) is rgb(83, 148, 159) in RGB.

No, #53949f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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