#537CB2#537CB2

#537CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.096 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537CB2
RGB	rgb(83, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(214, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 1.58, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 32.97, 272.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0236 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.096 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8080, 19.4672, 44.8773)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537CB2 #B28953

analogous

#53ACB2 #537CB2 #5953B2

triadic

#537CB2 #B2537C #7CB253

tetradic

#537CB2 #B253AC #B28953 #53B259

square

#537CB2 #B253AC #B28953 #53B259

split-complementary

#537CB2 #B25953 #ACB253

monochromatic

#2B4260 #3E5F8A #537CB2 #7D9CC5 #A8BCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#537CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#537CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537CB2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537CB2	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.096 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1c9',
    500: '#537cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537cb2;
$custom-light: #89a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.105,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57964,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537CB2

secondary

#C5B39B

accent

#9C5ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #537CB2

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

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