#538AA7#538AA7

#538AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AA7
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -9.93, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 23.19, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0442 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.073 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6283, 22.8044, 39.9191)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AA7 #A77053

analogous

#53A79A #538AA7 #5360A7

triadic

#538AA7 #A7538A #8AA753

tetradic

#538AA7 #9A53A7 #A77053 #60A753

square

#538AA7 #9A53A7 #A77053 #60A753

split-complementary

#538AA7 #A75360 #A79A53

monochromatic

#2A4655 #3F687E #538AA7 #7AA6BD #A3C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#538AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#538AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AA7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AA7	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acc1',
    500: '#538aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aa7;
$custom-light: #89acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60682,
    "c": 0.07306,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AA7

secondary

#BFA597

accent

#835ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AA7

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

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