#536CC9#536CC9

#536CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.146 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536CC9
RGB	rgb(83, 108, 201)
HSL	hsl(227, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 18.96, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 54.70, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0004 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.146 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4689, 16.7796, 57.4599)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536CC9 #C9B053

analogous

#53A7C9 #536CC9 #7553C9

triadic

#536CC9 #C9536C #6CC953

tetradic

#536CC9 #C953A7 #C9B053 #53C975

square

#536CC9 #C953A7 #C9B053 #53C975

split-complementary

#536CC9 #C97553 #A7C953

monochromatic

#27387B #354EAA #536CC9 #8294D8 #B0BCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#536CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#536CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536CC9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536CC9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 108, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.146 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95da',
    500: '#536cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536cc9;
$custom-light: #8d95da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.288,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55849,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536CC9

secondary

#D4CAA3

accent

#BD4CDC

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536CC9

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

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