#53809D#53809D

#53809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.067 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53809D
RGB	rgb(83, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -7.24, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 21.58, 250.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0355 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.067 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3701, 19.7104, 34.7809)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53809D #9D7053

analogous

#539D95 #53809D #535B9D

triadic

#53809D #9D5380 #809D53

tetradic

#53809D #95539D #9D7053 #5B9D53

square

#53809D #95539D #9D7053 #5B9D53

split-complementary

#53809D #9D535B #9D9553

monochromatic

#293F4D #3E5F75 #53809D #769EB7 #9EBACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#53809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#53809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53809D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53809D	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)

#737F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.067 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4ba',
    500: '#53809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53809d;
$custom-light: #87a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57889,
    "c": 0.06665,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53809D

secondary

#B9A293

accent

#8961C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53809D

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

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