#539ce8

Color #539ce8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#539ce8

RGB

rgb(83, 156, 232)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 76.4%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 64.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(62.88, 0.51, -45.09)

LCH

lch(62.88, 45.09, 270.65)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1347, 251.26)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 32.5%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e89f53

Analogous

#53e7e8

#539ce8

#5553e8

Triadic

#539ce8

#e8539c

#9ce853

Split-complementary

#539ce8

#e85553

#e7e853

Tetradic

#539ce8

#9f53e8

#e89f53

#9ce853

Square

#539ce8

#e853e7

#e89f53

#53e855

Shades

Color #539ce8 mixed toward black.

#2581e2

#1967b9

#134e8b

#0c345d

#061a2e

Tints

Color #539ce8 mixed toward white.

#70adec

#8cbdf0

#a9cef4

#c6def7

#e2effb

Tones

Color #539ce8 mixed toward gray.

#609cdc

#6c9dcf

#789dc3

#859db6

#919daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ad9 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#756fd5 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#59ccc9 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #539ce8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#539ce8]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#539ce8 (#539ce8) is rgb(83, 156, 232) in RGB.

No, #539ce8 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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