#538ACA#538ACA

#538ACA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ACA
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(212, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 1.06, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 38.60, 271.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0327 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.114 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3126, 24.2782, 59.3233)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ACA #CA9353

analogous

#53C5CA #538ACA #5753CA

triadic

#538ACA #CA538A #8ACA53

tetradic

#538ACA #CA53C5 #CA9353 #53CA57

square

#538ACA #CA53C5 #CA9353 #53CA57

split-complementary

#538ACA #CA5753 #C5CA53

monochromatic

#264E7C #356BAB #538ACA #82AAD8 #B1CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#538ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#538ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ACA

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ACA	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabda',
    500: '#538aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aca;
$custom-light: #8dabda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.269,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62353,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ACA

secondary

#D5BEA4

accent

#994CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ACA

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

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