#536BCE#536BCE

#536BCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.155 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BCE
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(228, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 21.26, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 58.14, 291.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.0013 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.155 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9618, 16.8090, 60.5731)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BCE #CEB653

analogous

#53A8CE #536BCE #7953CE

triadic

#536BCE #CE536B #6BCE53

tetradic

#536BCE #CE53A8 #CEB653 #53CE79

square

#536BCE #CE53A8 #CEB653 #53CE79

split-complementary

#536BCE #CE7953 #A8CE53

monochromatic

#253782 #334BB1 #536BCE #8394DC #B2BDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#536BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#536BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BCE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BCE	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.155 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95dd',
    500: '#536bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bce;
$custom-light: #8e95dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.293,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55975,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BCE

secondary

#D8CEA5

accent

#C249DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BCE

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

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