#537CB4#537CB4

#537CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.098 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537CB4
RGB	rgb(83, 124, 180)
HSL	hsl(215, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 2.22, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 34.01, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.023 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.098 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0103, 19.5481, 45.9426)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537CB4 #B48B53

analogous

#53ADB4 #537CB4 #5B53B4

triadic

#537CB4 #B4537C #7CB453

tetradic

#537CB4 #B453AD #B48B53 #53B45B

square

#537CB4 #B453AD #B48B53 #53B45B

split-complementary

#537CB4 #B45B53 #ADB453

monochromatic

#2B4262 #3D5F8D #537CB4 #7E9CC7 #A8BDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#537CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#537CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537CB4

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537CB4	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 124, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.098 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1ca',
    500: '#537cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537cb4;
$custom-light: #8aa1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.639,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58068,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537CB4

secondary

#C7B59C

accent

#9D59CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #537CB4

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

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