#537DAD#537DAD

#537DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.088 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537DAD
RGB	rgb(83, 125, 173)
HSL	hsl(212, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 27.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -0.60, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 29.95, 268.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0263 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.088 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4411, 19.5220, 42.3234)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537DAD #AD8353

analogous

#53AAAD #537DAD #5653AD

triadic

#537DAD #AD537D #7DAD53

tetradic

#537DAD #AD53AA #AD8353 #53AD56

square

#537DAD #AD53AA #AD8353 #53AD56

split-complementary

#537DAD #AD5653 #AAAD53

monochromatic

#2B415A #3F5F84 #537DAD #7C9CC1 #A6BCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#537DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#537DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537DAD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537DAD	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 125, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.088 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2c5',
    500: '#537dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537dad;
$custom-light: #89a2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57939,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537DAD

secondary

#C2AF9A

accent

#985CCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #537DAD

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

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