#535E8D#535E8D

#535E8D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.077 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#535E8D
RGB	rgb(83, 94, 141)
HSL	hsl(229, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 8.41, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 28.62, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0043 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.077 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3763, 11.7669, 26.8133)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#535E8D #8D8253

analogous

#537B8D #535E8D #65538D

triadic

#535E8D #8D535E #5E8D53

tetradic

#535E8D #8D537B #8D8253 #538D65

square

#535E8D #8D537B #8D8253 #538D65

split-complementary

#535E8D #8D6553 #7B8D53

monochromatic

#262B40 #3C4466 #535E8D #717DAC #98A0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#535E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#535E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #535E8D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##535E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##535E8D	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41676F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #535e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 94, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.077 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868bae',
    500: '#535e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #535e8d;
$custom-light: #868bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#535e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.621,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49306,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#535E8D

secondary

#B0A98C

accent

#B166C2

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #535E8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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