#536DC5#536DC5

#536DC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.140 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536DC5
RGB	rgb(83, 109, 197)
HSL	hsl(226, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(226, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 44.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 16.99, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 51.82, 289.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% -0.0021 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.14 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1106, 16.8060, 55.0493)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536DC5 #C5AB53

analogous

#53A6C5 #536DC5 #7253C5

triadic

#536DC5 #C5536D #6DC553

tetradic

#536DC5 #C553A6 #C5AB53 #53C572

square

#536DC5 #C553A6 #C5AB53 #53C572

split-complementary

#536DC5 #C57253 #A6C553

monochromatic

#283A76 #3750A4 #536DC5 #8194D4 #AFBBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#536DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#536DC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536DC5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536DC5	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4577C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 109, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.140 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96d7',
    500: '#536dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536dc5;
$custom-light: #8c96d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.316,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55798,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536DC5

secondary

#D2C7A2

accent

#BA4FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536DC5

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

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