#5b53bc

Color #5b53bc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 6.63 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b53bc

RGB

rgb(91, 83, 188)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 43.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 55.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(41.28, 31.92, -54.53)

LCH

lch(41.28, 63.19, 300.34)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.1597, 282.51)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 32.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4bc53

Analogous

#537fbc

#5b53bc

#8f53bc

Triadic

#5b53bc

#bc5b53

#53bc5b

Split-complementary

#5b53bc

#bc8f53

#7fbc53

Tetradic

#5b53bc

#bc53b4

#b4bc53

#53bc5b

Square

#5b53bc

#bc537f

#b4bc53

#53bc8f

Shades

Color #5b53bc mixed toward black.

#473fa2

#393382

#2b2661

#1c1941

#0e0d20

Tints

Color #5b53bc mixed toward white.

#7670c7

#928cd2

#ada9dd

#c8c6e9

#e4e2f4

Tones

Color #5b53bc mixed toward gray.

#625cb3

#6a64aa

#716da2

#797699

#807f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5858aa · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5859a5 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#5b9a96 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b53bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b53bc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b53bc (#5b53bc) is rgb(91, 83, 188) in RGB.

No, #5b53bc 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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