#53879A#53879A

#53879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.063 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53879A
RGB	rgb(83, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -12.07, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 19.69, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0455 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.063 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0619, 21.4987, 33.7635)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53879A #9A6653

analogous

#539A8A #53879A #53649A

triadic

#53879A #9A5387 #879A53

tetradic

#53879A #8A539A #9A6653 #649A53

square

#53879A #8A539A #9A6653 #649A53

split-complementary

#53879A #9A5364 #9A8A53

monochromatic

#28414A #3E6472 #53879A #75A4B5 #9DBECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#53879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#53879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53879A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53879A	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C849B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.063 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aab7',
    500: '#53879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53879a;
$custom-light: #87aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59426,
    "c": 0.0626,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53879A

secondary

#B79C91

accent

#7D62C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53879A

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

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