#538ACB#538ACB

#538ACB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.115 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ACB
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 203)
HSL	hsl(213, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(213, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 1.39, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 39.10, 272.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0324 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.115 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4314, 24.3257, 59.9489)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ACB #CB9453

analogous

#53C6CB #538ACB #5853CB

triadic

#538ACB #CB538A #8ACB53

tetradic

#538ACB #CB53C6 #CB9453 #53CB58

square

#538ACB #CB53C6 #CB9453 #53CB58

split-complementary

#538ACB #CB5853 #C6CB53

monochromatic

#264E7E #346BAD #538ACB #82AAD9 #B1CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#538ACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#538ACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ACB

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ACB	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538acb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.115 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabdb',
    500: '#538acb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538acb;
$custom-light: #8dabdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538acb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62406,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ACB

secondary

#D6BFA4

accent

#9A4BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ACB

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

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