#538191#538191

#538191 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.056 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538191
RGB	rgb(83, 129, 145)
HSL	hsl(195, 27%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 11%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, -11.28, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 17.63, 230.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0415 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.056 222)
XYZ	xyz(16.5266, 19.5827, 29.6916)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538191 #916353

analogous

#539182 #538191 #536291

triadic

#538191 #915381 #819153

tetradic

#538191 #825391 #916353 #629153

square

#538191 #825391 #916353 #629153

split-complementary

#538191 #915362 #918253

monochromatic

#263C43 #3D5E6A #538191 #739FAF #9ABAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#538191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#538191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538191

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538191	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 129, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.056 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5b1',
    500: '#538191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538191;
$custom-light: #86a5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 27.193,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57625,
    "c": 0.05582,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.19584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538191

secondary

#B2978E

accent

#7D64C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F5

border

#CBCECF

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538191

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

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