#536C8A#536C8A

#536C8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.056 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536C8A
RGB	rgb(83, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(213, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, -1.09, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 19.45, 266.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.0161 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.056 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5158, 14.3984, 26.1068)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536C8A #8A7153

analogous

#53878A #536C8A #55538A

triadic

#536C8A #8A536C #6C8A53

tetradic

#536C8A #8A5387 #8A7153 #538A55

square

#536C8A #8A5387 #8A7153 #538A55

split-complementary

#536C8A #8A5553 #878A53

monochromatic

#25303E #3C4E64 #536C8A #718BA9 #97AAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#536C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#536C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536C8A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536C8A	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.056 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596ac',
    500: '#536c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536c8a;
$custom-light: #8596ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52347,
    "c": 0.05615,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536C8A

secondary

#AE9E8B

accent

#9866C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536C8A

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

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