#536A8D#536A8D

#536A8D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.062 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536A8D
RGB	rgb(83, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 1.00, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 21.96, 272.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% -0.0123 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.062 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5275, 14.0694, 27.1970)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536A8D #8D7653

analogous

#53878D #536A8D #59538D

triadic

#536A8D #8D536A #6A8D53

tetradic

#536A8D #8D5387 #8D7653 #538D59

square

#536A8D #8D5387 #8D7653 #538D59

split-complementary

#536A8D #8D5953 #878D53

monochromatic

#263040 #3C4D66 #536A8D #7189AC #98A9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#536A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#536A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536A8D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536A8D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.062 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8694ae',
    500: '#536a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536a8d;
$custom-light: #8694ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52022,
    "c": 0.06217,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536A8D

secondary

#B0A28C

accent

#9D66C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536A8D

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

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