#536CC5#536CC5

#536CC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.141 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536CC5
RGB	rgb(83, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(227, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(227, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 17.62, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 52.44, 289.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.001 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.141 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0045, 16.5939, 55.0140)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536CC5 #C5AC53

analogous

#53A5C5 #536CC5 #7353C5

triadic

#536CC5 #C5536C #6CC553

tetradic

#536CC5 #C553A5 #C5AC53 #53C573

square

#536CC5 #C553A5 #C5AC53 #53C573

split-complementary

#536CC5 #C57353 #A5C553

monochromatic

#283976 #374FA4 #536CC5 #8193D4 #AFBAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#536CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#536CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536CC5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536CC5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4377C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.141 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95d7',
    500: '#536cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536cc5;
$custom-light: #8c95d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.842,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55591,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536CC5

secondary

#D2C7A2

accent

#BB4FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536CC5

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

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