#537BAD#537BAD

#537BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537BAD
RGB	rgb(83, 123, 173)
HSL	hsl(213, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 28.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 0.59, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 30.85, 271.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0239 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.09 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1905, 19.0207, 42.2399)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537BAD #AD8553

analogous

#53A8AD #537BAD #5853AD

triadic

#537BAD #AD537B #7BAD53

tetradic

#537BAD #AD53A8 #AD8553 #53AD58

square

#537BAD #AD53A8 #AD8553 #53AD58

split-complementary

#537BAD #AD5853 #A8AD53

monochromatic

#2B405A #3F5E84 #537BAD #7C9BC1 #A6BBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#537BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#537BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537BAD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537BAD	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C75AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 123, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1c5',
    500: '#537bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537bad;
$custom-light: #89a1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57483,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537BAD

secondary

#C2B09A

accent

#9A5CCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #537BAD

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

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