#536BC8#536BC8

#536BC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.146 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BC8
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(228, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(228, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 19.25, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 54.75, 290.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.0005 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.146 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2468, 16.5230, 56.8074)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BC8 #C8B053

analogous

#53A6C8 #536BC8 #7553C8

triadic

#536BC8 #C8536B #6BC853

tetradic

#536BC8 #C853A6 #C8B053 #53C875

square

#536BC8 #C853A6 #C8B053 #53C875

split-complementary

#536BC8 #C87553 #A6C853

monochromatic

#27387A #364DA8 #536BC8 #8193D7 #B0BBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#536BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#536BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BC8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BC8	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.146 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95d9',
    500: '#536bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bc8;
$custom-light: #8d95d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55579,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BC8

secondary

#D4CAA3

accent

#BE4DDB

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BC8

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

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