#53809C#53809C

#53809C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.066 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53809C
RGB	rgb(83, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -7.54, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 21.19, 249.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0359 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.066 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2851, 19.6764, 34.3331)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53809C #9C6F53

analogous

#539C94 #53809C #535C9C

triadic

#53809C #9C5380 #809C53

tetradic

#53809C #94539C #9C6F53 #5C9C53

square

#53809C #94539C #9C6F53 #5C9C53

split-complementary

#53809C #9C535C #9C9453

monochromatic

#283E4C #3E5F74 #53809C #769EB6 #9EBACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#53809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#53809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53809C

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53809C	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.066 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4b9',
    500: '#53809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53809c;
$custom-light: #87a4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.014,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57845,
    "c": 0.06561,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53809C

secondary

#B9A192

accent

#8861C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53809C

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

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