#537eb9

Color #537eb9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#537eb9

RGB

rgb(83, 126, 185)

HSL

hsl(214.7, 42.1%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.7, 55.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(52.13, 2.64, -35.54)

LCH

lch(52.13, 35.64, 274.25)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.1029, 256.57)

HWB

hwb(214.7, 32.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b98e53

Analogous

#53b1b9

#537eb9

#5b53b9

Triadic

#537eb9

#b9537e

#7eb953

Split-complementary

#537eb9

#b95b53

#b1b953

Tetradic

#537eb9

#8e53b9

#b98e53

#7eb953

Square

#537eb9

#b953b1

#b98e53

#53b95b

Shades

Color #537eb9 mixed toward black.

#41689f

#34537f

#273f5f

#1a2a3f

#0d1520

Tints

Color #537eb9 mixed toward white.

#7093c5

#8ca9d0

#a9bedc

#c6d4e8

#e2e9f3

Tones

Color #537eb9 mixed toward gray.

#5b7fb0

#6481a8

#6c829f

#758397

#7d858e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869ad · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#6662aa · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#56a3a0 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #537eb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#537eb9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#537eb9 (#537eb9) is rgb(83, 126, 185) in RGB.

No, #537eb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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