#523ab4

Color #523ab4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#523ab4

RGB

rgb(82, 58, 180)

HSL

hsl(251.8, 51.3%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.8, 67.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(34.22, 42.65, -61.32)

LCH

lch(34.22, 74.69, 304.82)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.1828, 285.48)

HWB

hwb(251.8, 22.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cb43a

Analogous

#3a5fb4

#523ab4

#8f3ab4

Triadic

#523ab4

#b4523a

#3ab452

Split-complementary

#523ab4

#b48f3a

#5fb43a

Tetradic

#523ab4

#b43a9c

#9cb43a

#3ab452

Square

#523ab4

#b43a5f

#9cb43a

#3ab48f

Shades

Color #523ab4 mixed toward black.

#443096

#372778

#291d5a

#1b133c

#0e0a1e

Tints

Color #523ab4 mixed toward white.

#6a54c8

#8876d3

#a698de

#c4bae9

#e1ddf4

Tones

Color #523ab4 mixed toward gray.

#5844aa

#5e4ea0

#655996

#6b638b

#716d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4949a1 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#4a4c9c · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#51908b · ΔE 38.5

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523ab4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523ab4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#523ab4 (#523ab4) is rgb(82, 58, 180) in RGB.

No, #523ab4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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