#53517b

Color #53517b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.74 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#53517b

RGB

rgb(83, 81, 123)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 20.6%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 34.1%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(36.28, 11.36, -23.5)

LCH

lch(36.28, 26.1, 295.8)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0679, 285.55)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 31.8%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797b51

Analogous

#51647b

#53517b

#68517b

Triadic

#53517b

#7b5351

#517b53

Split-complementary

#53517b

#7b6851

#647b51

Tetradic

#53517b

#7b5179

#797b51

#517b53

Square

#53517b

#7b5164

#797b51

#517b68

Shades

Color #53517b mixed toward black.

#454367

#373652

#2a283e

#1c1b29

#0e0d15

Tints

Color #53517b mixed toward white.

#68659a

#8684ae

#a4a3c2

#c3c1d7

#e1e0eb

Tones

Color #53517b mixed toward gray.

#565478

#595874

#5d5b71

#605f6d

#63626a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525273 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#525270 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#536b6a · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53517b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53517b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#53517b (#53517b) is rgb(83, 81, 123) in RGB.

No, #53517b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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