#538ee2

Color #538ee2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#538ee2

RGB

rgb(83, 142, 226)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 71.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 63.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(58.67, 6.68, -48.41)

LCH

lch(58.67, 48.87, 277.86)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1409, 257.41)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 32.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a753

Analogous

#53d6e2

#538ee2

#5f53e2

Triadic

#538ee2

#e2538e

#8ee253

Split-complementary

#538ee2

#e25f53

#d6e253

Tetradic

#538ee2

#a753e2

#e2a753

#8ee253

Square

#538ee2

#e253d6

#e2a753

#53e25f

Shades

Color #538ee2 mixed toward black.

#2771db

#1e5ab0

#164484

#0f2d58

#07172c

Tints

Color #538ee2 mixed toward white.

#70a1e7

#8cb4ec

#a9c7f0

#c6d9f5

#e2ecfa

Tones

Color #538ee2 mixed toward gray.

#5f90d6

#6b92ca

#7794be

#8396b2

#8f98a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172d2 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#6e69cd · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#57c3c0 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #538ee2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538ee2]

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

#538ee2 (#538ee2) is rgb(83, 142, 226) in RGB.

No, #538ee2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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