#536D84#536D84

#536D84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.048 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536D84
RGB	rgb(83, 109, 132)
HSL	hsl(208, 23%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(208, 37%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, -3.40, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 16.11, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% -0.0197 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.048 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1995, 14.4415, 23.9173)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536D84 #846A53

analogous

#538483 #536D84 #535584

triadic

#536D84 #84536D #6D8453

tetradic

#536D84 #835384 #846A53 #558453

square

#536D84 #835384 #846A53 #558453

split-complementary

#536D84 #845355 #848353

monochromatic

#242F39 #3B4E5E #536D84 #6F8CA5 #95AABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#536D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#536D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536D84

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536D84	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#437274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 109, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.048 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596a7',
    500: '#536d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536d84;
$custom-light: #8596a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 22.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52316,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536D84

secondary

#AA9889

accent

#9169BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536D84

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

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