#53849C#53849C

#53849C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.064 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53849C
RGB	rgb(83, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(200, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -9.81, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 20.48, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.041 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.064 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8172, 20.7405, 34.5105)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53849C #9C6B53

analogous

#539C90 #53849C #53609C

triadic

#53849C #9C5384 #849C53

tetradic

#53849C #90539C #9C6B53 #609C53

square

#53849C #90539C #9C6B53 #609C53

split-complementary

#53849C #9C5360 #9C9053

monochromatic

#28404C #3E6274 #53849C #76A1B6 #9EBCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#53849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#53849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53849C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53849C	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.064 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a7b9',
    500: '#53849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53849c;
$custom-light: #87a7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.726,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58793,
    "c": 0.06444,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53849C

secondary

#B99F92

accent

#8261C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53849C

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

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