#538AC7#538AC7

#538AC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.110 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AC7
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 199)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 0.09, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 37.11, 270.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0335 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.11 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9609, 24.1375, 57.4708)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AC7 #C79053

analogous

#53C4C7 #538AC7 #5653C7

triadic

#538AC7 #C7538A #8AC753

tetradic

#538AC7 #C753C4 #C79053 #53C756

square

#538AC7 #C753C4 #C79053 #53C756

split-complementary

#538AC7 #C75653 #C4C753

monochromatic

#274E78 #366BA7 #538AC7 #81A9D6 #AFC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#538AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#538AC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AC7

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AC7	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.110 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabd8',
    500: '#538ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ac7;
$custom-light: #8cabd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.552,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62198,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AC7

secondary

#D3BCA3

accent

#984DDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AC7

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

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