#536CA6#536CA6

#536CA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.096 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536CA6
RGB	rgb(83, 108, 166)
HSL	hsl(222, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(222, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 34.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 7.46, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 34.85, 282.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0074 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.096 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8105, 15.3163, 38.1922)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536CA6 #A68D53

analogous

#5396A6 #536CA6 #6453A6

triadic

#536CA6 #A6536C #6CA653

tetradic

#536CA6 #A65396 #A68D53 #53A664

square

#536CA6 #A65396 #A68D53 #53A664

split-complementary

#536CA6 #A66453 #96A653

monochromatic

#2A3754 #3F517D #536CA6 #7A8EBC #A3B1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#536CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#536CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536CA6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536CA6	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5671A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 108, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.096 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895c0',
    500: '#536ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536ca6;
$custom-light: #8895c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.928,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53751,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536CA6

secondary

#BEB297

accent

#A95EC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #536CA6

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

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