#53738C#53738C

#53738C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.054 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53738C
RGB	rgb(83, 115, 140)
HSL	hsl(206, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(206, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, -4.67, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 17.91, 254.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% -0.0249 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.054 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4301, 15.9931, 27.1325)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53738C #8C6C53

analogous

#538C88 #53738C #53568C

triadic

#53738C #8C5373 #738C53

tetradic

#53738C #88538C #8C6C53 #568C53

square

#53738C #88538C #8C6C53 #568C53

split-complementary

#53738C #8C5356 #8C8853

monochromatic

#25343F #3C5366 #53738C #7192AB #98AFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#53738C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#53738C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53738C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53738C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53738C	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69738D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53738c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 115, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.054 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869bad',
    500: '#53738c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53738c;
$custom-light: #869bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53738c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 25.561,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54079,
    "c": 0.05389,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53738C

secondary

#AF9B8C

accent

#8E66C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53738C

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

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