#53839C#53839C

#53839C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.065 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53839C
RGB	rgb(83, 131, 156)
HSL	hsl(201, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 16%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -9.25, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 20.62, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0397 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.065 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6822, 20.4706, 34.4655)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53839C #9C6C53

analogous

#539C91 #53839C #535F9C

triadic

#53839C #9C5383 #839C53

tetradic

#53839C #91539C #9C6C53 #5F9C53

square

#53839C #91539C #9C6C53 #5F9C53

split-complementary

#53839C #9C535F #9C9153

monochromatic

#28404C #3E6174 #53839C #76A0B6 #9EBCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#53839C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#53839C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53839C

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53839C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53839C	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#77819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53839c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 131, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.065 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a7b9',
    500: '#53839c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53839c;
$custom-light: #87a7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53839c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.06466,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53839C

secondary

#B99F92

accent

#8461C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53839C

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

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