#537E97#537E97

#537E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.061 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537E97
RGB	rgb(83, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(202, 29%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(202, 45%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -7.86, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 19.73, 246.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.0353 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.061 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6121, 18.9939, 32.0630)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537E97 #976C53

analogous

#53978E #537E97 #535C97

triadic

#537E97 #97537E #7E9753

tetradic

#537E97 #8E5397 #976C53 #5C9753

square

#537E97 #8E5397 #976C53 #5C9753

split-complementary

#537E97 #97535C #978E53

monochromatic

#283C48 #3D5D70 #537E97 #749CB3 #9CB8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#537E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#537E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537E97

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537E97	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.061 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3b5',
    500: '#537e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537e97;
$custom-light: #87a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 29.06,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57156,
    "c": 0.06123,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537E97

secondary

#B69E90

accent

#8762C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F6

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #537E97

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

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