#536BB9#536BB9

#536BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.125 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BB9
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(226, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 14.25, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 46.24, 287.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% -0.002 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.125 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5790, 15.8559, 48.0237)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BB9 #B9A153

analogous

#539EB9 #536BB9 #6E53B9

triadic

#536BB9 #B9536B #6BB953

tetradic

#536BB9 #B9539E #B9A153 #53B96E

square

#536BB9 #B9539E #B9A153 #53B96E

split-complementary

#536BB9 #B96E53 #9EB953

monochromatic

#2A3967 #3C5093 #536BB9 #7E90CB #AAB6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#536BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#536BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BB9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BB9	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A7C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.125 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95ce',
    500: '#536bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bb9;
$custom-light: #8b95ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BB9

secondary

#CAC09E

accent

#B556D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BB9

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

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