#53839B#53839B

#53839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.064 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53839B
RGB	rgb(83, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(200, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -9.54, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 20.29, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0401 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.064 231)
XYZ	xyz(17.5979, 20.4369, 34.0214)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53839B #9B6B53

analogous

#539B8F #53839B #535F9B

triadic

#53839B #9B5383 #839B53

tetradic

#53839B #8F539B #9B6B53 #5F9B53

square

#53839B #8F539B #9B6B53 #5F9B53

split-complementary

#53839B #9B535F #9B8F53

monochromatic

#28404B #3E6173 #53839B #76A0B5 #9EBCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#53839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#53839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53839B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53839B	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.064 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a7b8',
    500: '#53839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53839b;
$custom-light: #87a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58513,
    "c": 0.06374,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.20438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53839B

secondary

#B89F92

accent

#8361C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53839B

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

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