#537BAB#537BAB

#537BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.087 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537BAB
RGB	rgb(83, 123, 171)
HSL	hsl(213, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, -0.04, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 29.83, 269.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0245 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.087 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9984, 18.9439, 41.2283)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537BAB #AB8353

analogous

#53A7AB #537BAB #5753AB

triadic

#537BAB #AB537B #7BAB53

tetradic

#537BAB #AB53A7 #AB8353 #53AB57

square

#537BAB #AB53A7 #AB8353 #53AB57

split-complementary

#537BAB #AB5753 #A7AB53

monochromatic

#2B4059 #3F5D82 #537BAB #7C9BBF #A5BAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#537BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#537BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537BAB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537BAB	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D75AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 123, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.087 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1c4',
    500: '#537bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537bab;
$custom-light: #89a1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57383,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537BAB

secondary

#C1AF99

accent

#995DCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #537BAB

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

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