#536EDE#536EDE

#536EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.173 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536EDE
RGB	rgb(83, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(228, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(228, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 24.81, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 65.22, 292.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.0001 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.173 270)
XYZ	xyz(22.3236, 18.2628, 71.4417)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536EDE #DEC353

analogous

#53B4DE #536EDE #7D53DE

triadic

#536EDE #DE536E #6EDE53

tetradic

#536EDE #DE53B4 #DEC353 #53DE7D

square

#536EDE #DE53B4 #DEC353 #53DE7D

split-complementary

#536EDE #DE7D53 #B4DE53

monochromatic

#1D3599 #2747CD #536EDE #8699E8 #BAC5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#536EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#536EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #536EDE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##536EDE	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.173 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097e9',
    500: '#536ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536ede;
$custom-light: #9097e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.345,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5766,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.18265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536EDE

secondary

#E1D7AC

accent

#C93DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #536EDE

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

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