#538AA4#538AA4

#538AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.070 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AA4
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(199, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -10.83, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 22.22, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0453 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.07 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3542, 22.6948, 38.4754)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AA4 #A46D53

analogous

#53A495 #538AA4 #5361A4

triadic

#538AA4 #A4538A #8AA453

tetradic

#538AA4 #9553A4 #A46D53 #61A453

square

#538AA4 #9553A4 #A46D53 #61A453

split-complementary

#538AA4 #A45361 #A49553

monochromatic

#2A4653 #3E687B #538AA4 #79A6BB #A2C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#538AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#538AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AA4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AA4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.070 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acbf',
    500: '#538aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aa4;
$custom-light: #88acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.259,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60554,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AA4

secondary

#BDA296

accent

#815FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AA4

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

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