#53809B#53809B

#53809B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.065 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53809B
RGB	rgb(83, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -7.83, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 20.81, 247.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0363 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.065 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2008, 19.6427, 33.8890)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53809B #9B6E53

analogous

#539B92 #53809B #535C9B

triadic

#53809B #9B5380 #809B53

tetradic

#53809B #92539B #9B6E53 #5C9B53

square

#53809B #92539B #9B6E53 #5C9B53

split-complementary

#53809B #9B535C #9B9253

monochromatic

#283E4B #3E5F73 #53809B #769EB5 #9EBACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#53809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#53809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53809B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53809B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.065 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4b8',
    500: '#53809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53809b;
$custom-light: #87a4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57802,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53809B

secondary

#B8A092

accent

#8761C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53809B

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

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