#536F79#536F79

#536F79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.036 H 221.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#536F79
RGB	rgb(83, 111, 121)
HSL	hsl(196, 19%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 31%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, -7.58, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 11.65, 229.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.027 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.036 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7018, 14.5877, 20.2319)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#536F79 #795D53

analogous

#537970 #536F79 #535C79

triadic

#536F79 #79536F #6F7953

tetradic

#536F79 #705379 #795D53 #5C7953

square

#536F79 #705379 #795D53 #5C7953

split-complementary

#536F79 #79535C #797053

monochromatic

#212C30 #3A4E55 #536F79 #6E8F9B #92ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#536F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#536F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #536F79

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##536F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##536F79	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #536f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 111, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.036 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84989f',
    500: '#536f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #536f79;
$custom-light: #84989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#536f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 18.627,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52346,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#536F79

secondary

#A28D86

accent

#816DBB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #536F79

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

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