#5e53b8

Color #5e53b8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e53b8

RGB

rgb(94, 83, 184)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 41.6%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 54.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 54.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(41.26, 31.32, -52.21)

LCH

lch(41.26, 60.88, 300.96)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.1538, 284.42)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 32.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb853

Analogous

#537bb8

#5e53b8

#9153b8

Triadic

#5e53b8

#b85e53

#53b85e

Split-complementary

#5e53b8

#b89153

#7bb853

Tetradic

#5e53b8

#b853ad

#adb853

#53b85e

Square

#5e53b8

#b8537b

#adb853

#53b891

Shades

Color #5e53b8 mixed toward black.

#4b419e

#3c347e

#2d275f

#1e1a3f

#0f0d20

Tints

Color #5e53b8 mixed toward white.

#7970c4

#948cd0

#afa9dc

#c9c6e7

#e4e2f3

Tones

Color #5e53b8 mixed toward gray.

#655cb0

#6b64a7

#726c9f

#787596

#7f7d8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5959a7 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5a5ba2 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#5d9793 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e53b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e53b8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e53b8 (#5e53b8) is rgb(94, 83, 184) in RGB.

No, #5e53b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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