#538AA2#538AA2

#538AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.069 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AA2
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -11.42, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 21.62, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0461 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.069 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1750, 22.6231, 37.5317)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AA2 #A26B53

analogous

#53A292 #538AA2 #5362A2

triadic

#538AA2 #A2538A #8AA253

tetradic

#538AA2 #9253A2 #A26B53 #62A253

square

#538AA2 #9253A2 #A26B53 #62A253

split-complementary

#538AA2 #A25362 #A29253

monochromatic

#2A4551 #3E687A #538AA2 #78A6BA #A1C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#538AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#538AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AA2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AA2	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.069 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acbd',
    500: '#538aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aa2;
$custom-light: #88acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 32.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.06864,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AA2

secondary

#BCA195

accent

#7F5FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AA2

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

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