#536DC8#536DC8

#536DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.144 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536DC8
RGB	rgb(83, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(227, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 18.00, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 53.52, 289.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% -0.0016 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.144 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4578, 16.9449, 56.8777)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536DC8 #C8AE53

analogous

#53A7C8 #536DC8 #7353C8

triadic

#536DC8 #C8536D #6DC853

tetradic

#536DC8 #C853A7 #C8AE53 #53C873

square

#536DC8 #C853A7 #C8AE53 #53C873

split-complementary

#536DC8 #C87353 #A7C853

monochromatic

#27397A #364FA8 #536DC8 #8194D7 #B0BCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#536DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#536DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536DC8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536DC8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4378CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.144 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96d9',
    500: '#536dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536dc8;
$custom-light: #8d96d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55989,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536DC8

secondary

#D4C9A3

accent

#BB4DDB

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #536DC8

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

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