#536BC9#536BC9

#536BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.148 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BC9
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(228, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(228, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 19.58, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 55.32, 290.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0006 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.148 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3641, 16.5699, 57.4249)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BC9 #C9B153

analogous

#53A6C9 #536BC9 #7653C9

triadic

#536BC9 #C9536B #6BC953

tetradic

#536BC9 #C953A6 #C9B153 #53C976

square

#536BC9 #C953A6 #C9B153 #53C976

split-complementary

#536BC9 #C97653 #A6C953

monochromatic

#27387B #354DAA #536BC9 #8293D8 #B0BBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#536BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#536BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BC9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BC9	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.148 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95da',
    500: '#536bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bc9;
$custom-light: #8d95da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.797,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55645,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BC9

secondary

#D4CAA3

accent

#BE4CDC

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BC9

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

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