#538293#538293

#538293 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.057 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538293
RGB	rgb(83, 130, 147)
HSL	hsl(196, 28%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -11.28, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 18.10, 231.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.042 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.057 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8145, 19.9097, 30.5550)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538293 #936453

analogous

#539384 #538293 #536293

triadic

#538293 #935382 #829353

tetradic

#538293 #845393 #936453 #629353

square

#538293 #845393 #936453 #629353

split-complementary

#538293 #935362 #938453

monochromatic

#273D45 #3D5F6C #538293 #73A0B0 #9ABAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#538293 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#538293 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538293

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538293	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538293	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538293;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 130, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.057 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6b2',
    500: '#538293',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538293;
$custom-light: #87a6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538293",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 27.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.05731,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538293

secondary

#B3988F

accent

#7D64C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F5

border

#CBCECF

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538293

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

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