#536D8A#536D8A

#536D8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.055 H 251.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536D8A
RGB	rgb(83, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(212, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, -1.69, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 19.04, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% -0.0175 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.055 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6219, 14.6105, 26.1422)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536D8A #8A7053

analogous

#53888A #536D8A #54538A

triadic

#536D8A #8A536D #6D8A53

tetradic

#536D8A #8A5388 #8A7053 #538A54

square

#536D8A #8A5388 #8A7053 #538A54

split-complementary

#536D8A #8A5453 #888A53

monochromatic

#25313E #3C4F64 #536D8A #718CA9 #97ABC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#536D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#536D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536D8A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536D8A	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.055 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596ac',
    500: '#536d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536d8a;
$custom-light: #8596ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.636,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5258,
    "c": 0.05533,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536D8A

secondary

#AE9D8B

accent

#9666C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536D8A

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

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