#538AA6#538AA6

#538AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.072 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AA6
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(200, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -10.23, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 22.86, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0446 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.072 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5362, 22.7676, 39.4341)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AA6 #A66F53

analogous

#53A699 #538AA6 #5361A6

triadic

#538AA6 #A6538A #8AA653

tetradic

#538AA6 #9953A6 #A66F53 #61A653

square

#538AA6 #9953A6 #A66F53 #61A653

split-complementary

#538AA6 #A65361 #A69953

monochromatic

#2A4654 #3F687D #538AA6 #7AA6BC #A3C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#538AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#538AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AA6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AA6	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.072 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acc0',
    500: '#538aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aa6;
$custom-light: #89acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.241,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60639,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AA6

secondary

#BEA497

accent

#825EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AA6

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

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