#537E89#537E89

#537E89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.050 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537E89
RGB	rgb(83, 126, 137)
HSL	hsl(192, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, -11.82, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 15.92, 222.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0409 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.05 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5419, 18.5659, 26.4267)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537E89 #895E53

analogous

#538979 #537E89 #536389

triadic

#537E89 #89537E #7E8953

tetradic

#537E89 #795389 #895E53 #638953

square

#537E89 #795389 #895E53 #638953

split-complementary

#537E89 #895363 #897953

monochromatic

#25383D #3C5B63 #537E89 #719DA9 #97B7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#537E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#537E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537E89

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537E89	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 126, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.050 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a3ab',
    500: '#537e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537e89;
$custom-light: #86a3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 24.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537E89

secondary

#AD928B

accent

#7967C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #537E89

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

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