#537B8A#537B8A

#537B8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.050 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537B8A
RGB	rgb(83, 123, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, -9.85, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 15.97, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% -0.0365 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.05 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2361, 17.8389, 26.6802)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537B8A #8A6253

analogous

#538A7D #537B8A #535F8A

triadic

#537B8A #8A537B #7B8A53

tetradic

#537B8A #7D538A #8A6253 #5F8A53

square

#537B8A #7D538A #8A6253 #5F8A53

split-complementary

#537B8A #8A535F #8A7D53

monochromatic

#25373E #3C5964 #537B8A #719AA9 #97B5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#537B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#537B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #537B8A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##537B8A	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 123, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.050 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a1ac',
    500: '#537b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537b8a;
$custom-light: #86a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55904,
    "c": 0.05023,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537B8A

secondary

#AE958B

accent

#7F66C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #537B8A

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

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