#537C8D#537C8D

#537C8D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.053 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537C8D
RGB	rgb(83, 124, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, -9.58, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 16.73, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% -0.0366 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.053 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5810, 18.1764, 27.8815)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537C8D #8D6453

analogous

#538D81 #537C8D #535F8D

triadic

#537C8D #8D537C #7C8D53

tetradic

#537C8D #81538D #8D6453 #5F8D53

square

#537C8D #81538D #8D6453 #5F8D53

split-complementary

#537C8D #8D535F #8D8153

monochromatic

#263840 #3C5A66 #537C8D #719BAC #98B6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#537C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#537C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537C8D

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537C8D	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 124, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.053 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2ae',
    500: '#537c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537c8d;
$custom-light: #86a2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56264,
    "c": 0.05256,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537C8D

secondary

#B0978C

accent

#8166C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #537C8D

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

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