#53879C#53879C

#53879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.064 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53879C
RGB	rgb(83, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(197, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -11.49, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 20.20, 235.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0447 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.064 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2298, 21.5659, 34.6480)
Luminance	0.2157 (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

#53879C #9C6853

analogous

#539C8D #53879C #53639C

triadic

#53879C #9C5387 #879C53

tetradic

#53879C #8D539C #9C6853 #639C53

square

#53879C #8D539C #9C6853 #639C53

split-complementary

#53879C #9C5363 #9C8D53

monochromatic

#28424C #3E6474 #53879C #76A4B6 #9EBECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#53879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#53879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53879C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53879C	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.064 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aab9',
    500: '#53879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53879c;
$custom-light: #88aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59507,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53879C

secondary

#B99D92

accent

#7E61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53879C

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

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