#537EA8#537EA8

#537EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.081 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537EA8
RGB	rgb(83, 126, 168)
HSL	hsl(210, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 25%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -2.74, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 27.07, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0292 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.081 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0936, 19.5865, 39.8653)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537EA8 #A87D53

analogous

#53A8A8 #537EA8 #5354A8

triadic

#537EA8 #A8537E #7EA853

tetradic

#537EA8 #A853A8 #A87D53 #54A853

square

#537EA8 #A853A8 #A87D53 #54A853

split-complementary

#537EA8 #A85354 #A8A853

monochromatic

#2B4156 #3F5F7F #537EA8 #7B9CBE #A4BBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#537EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#537EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537EA8

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537EA8	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 126, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.081 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3c2',
    500: '#537ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537ea8;
$custom-light: #88a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.647,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537EA8

secondary

#BFAB98

accent

#935ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F7

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #537EA8

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

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