#53516f

Color #53516f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#53516f

RGB

rgb(83, 81, 111)

HSL

hsl(244, 15.6%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244, 27%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 27%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(35.74, 8.05, -16.9)

LCH

lch(35.74, 18.72, 295.47)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.0487, 287.32)

HWB

hwb(244, 31.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d6f51

Analogous

#515e6f

#53516f

#62516f

Triadic

#53516f

#6f5351

#516f53

Split-complementary

#53516f

#6f6251

#5e6f51

Tetradic

#53516f

#6f516d

#6d6f51

#516f53

Square

#53516f

#6f515e

#6d6f51

#516f62

Shades

Color #53516f mixed toward black.

#45435c

#37364a

#292837

#1c1b25

#0e0d12

Tints

Color #53516f mixed toward white.

#6a678d

#8784a5

#a5a3bc

#c3c2d2

#e1e0e9

Tones

Color #53516f mixed toward gray.

#55536c

#57566a

#595867

#5c5b65

#5e5d62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525269 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#525267 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#536362 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 14.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53516f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53516f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#53516f (#53516f) is rgb(83, 81, 111) in RGB.

No, #53516f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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