#536E8A#536E8A

#536E8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.055 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536E8A
RGB	rgb(83, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(211, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(211, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, -2.28, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 18.65, 262.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% -0.0188 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.055 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7292, 14.8251, 26.1779)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536E8A #8A6F53

analogous

#53898A #536E8A #53538A

triadic

#536E8A #8A536E #6E8A53

tetradic

#536E8A #8A5389 #8A6F53 #538A53

square

#536E8A #8A5389 #8A6F53 #538A53

split-complementary

#536E8A #8A5353 #898A53

monochromatic

#25313E #3C5064 #536E8A #718DA9 #97ABC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#536E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#536E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536E8A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536E8A	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.055 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597ac',
    500: '#536e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536e8a;
$custom-light: #8597ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.545,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52815,
    "c": 0.05457,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536E8A

secondary

#AE9D8B

accent

#9566C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536E8A

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

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