#538ACE#538ACE

#538ACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.119 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ACE
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(213, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 2.38, -40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 40.61, 273.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0316 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.119 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7924, 24.4701, 61.8499)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ACE #CE9753

analogous

#53C7CE #538ACE #5A53CE

triadic

#538ACE #CE538A #8ACE53

tetradic

#538ACE #CE53C7 #CE9753 #53CE5A

square

#538ACE #CE53C7 #CE9753 #53CE5A

split-complementary

#538ACE #CE5A53 #C7CE53

monochromatic

#254E82 #336BB1 #538ACE #83AADC #B2CBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#538ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#538ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ACE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ACE	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.119 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabdd',
    500: '#538ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ace;
$custom-light: #8dabdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.171,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62565,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ACE

secondary

#D8C1A5

accent

#9C49DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ACE

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

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