#536cde

Color #536cde

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 4.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#536cde

RGB

rgb(83, 108, 222)

HSL

hsl(229.2, 67.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.2, 62.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.6%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(49.3, 26.06, -61.15)

LCH

lch(49.3, 66.47, 293.08)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.1754, 270.62)

HWB

hwb(229.2, 32.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec553

Analogous

#53b2de

#536cde

#7f53de

Triadic

#536cde

#de536c

#6cde53

Split-complementary

#536cde

#de7f53

#b2de53

Tetradic

#536cde

#c553de

#dec553

#6cde53

Square

#536cde

#de53b2

#dec553

#53de7f

Shades

Color #536cde mixed toward black.

#2948d5

#213aab

#192b80

#101d55

#080e2b

Tints

Color #536cde mixed toward white.

#7085e3

#8c9de9

#a9b6ee

#c6cef4

#e2e7f9

Tones

Color #536cde mixed toward gray.

#5f73d2

#6a7bc7

#7682bb

#818ab0

#8d91a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fca · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5bc5 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#54b8b4 · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #536cde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#536cde]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#536cde (#536cde) is rgb(83, 108, 222) in RGB.

No, #536cde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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