#536AC9#536AC9

#536AC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.149 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536AC9
RGB	rgb(83, 106, 201)
HSL	hsl(228, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(228, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 47.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 20.21, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 55.94, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0017 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.149 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2604, 16.3626, 57.3903)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536AC9 #C9B253

analogous

#53A5C9 #536AC9 #7753C9

triadic

#536AC9 #C9536A #6AC953

tetradic

#536AC9 #C953A5 #C9B253 #53C977

square

#536AC9 #C953A5 #C9B253 #53C977

split-complementary

#536AC9 #C97753 #A5C953

monochromatic

#27377B #354CAA #536AC9 #8292D8 #B0BBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#536AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#536AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536AC9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536AC9	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 106, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.149 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94da',
    500: '#536ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536ac9;
$custom-light: #8d94da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.305,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55442,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536AC9

secondary

#D4CBA3

accent

#C04CDC

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536AC9

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

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