#536BC5#536BC5

#536BC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.142 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BC5
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(227, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(227, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 18.24, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 53.06, 290.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.0001 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.142 270)
XYZ	xyz(18.8997, 16.3841, 54.9790)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BC5 #C5AD53

analogous

#53A4C5 #536BC5 #7453C5

triadic

#536BC5 #C5536B #6BC553

tetradic

#536BC5 #C553A4 #C5AD53 #53C574

square

#536BC5 #C553A4 #C5AD53 #53C574

split-complementary

#536BC5 #C57453 #A4C553

monochromatic

#283876 #374EA4 #536BC5 #8192D4 #AFBAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#536BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#536BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BC5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BC5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.142 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95d7',
    500: '#536bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bc5;
$custom-light: #8c95d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55385,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.16386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BC5

secondary

#D2C8A2

accent

#BC4FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BC5

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

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