#536E8D#536E8D

#536E8D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.059 H 252.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536E8D
RGB	rgb(83, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(212, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, -1.41, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 20.16, 265.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% -0.0177 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.059 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9494, 14.9132, 27.3376)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536E8D #8D7253

analogous

#538B8D #536E8D #55538D

triadic

#536E8D #8D536E #6E8D53

tetradic

#536E8D #8D538B #8D7253 #538D55

square

#536E8D #8D538B #8D7253 #538D55

split-complementary

#536E8D #8D5553 #8B8D53

monochromatic

#263240 #3C5066 #536E8D #718DAC #98ACC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#536E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#536E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536E8D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536E8D	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B698C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.059 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8697ae',
    500: '#536e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536e8d;
$custom-light: #8697ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.069,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5295,
    "c": 0.05852,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536E8D

secondary

#B09F8C

accent

#9766C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #536E8D

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

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