#536BDD#536BDD

#536BDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.175 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536BDD
RGB	rgb(83, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(230, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 26.34, -61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 66.54, 293.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0028 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.175 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8717, 17.5730, 70.6319)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536BDD #DDC553

analogous

#53B0DD #536BDD #8053DD

triadic

#536BDD #DD536B #6BDD53

tetradic

#536BDD #DD53B0 #DDC553 #53DD80

square

#536BDD #DD53B0 #DDC553 #53DD80

split-complementary

#536BDD #DD8053 #B0DD53

monochromatic

#1E3398 #2844CB #536BDD #8697E7 #B9C3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#536BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#536BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536BDD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536BDD	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.175 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095e8',
    500: '#536bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536bdd;
$custom-light: #9095e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57005,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536BDD

secondary

#E1D7AB

accent

#CC3EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #536BDD

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

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