#538AD3#538AD3

#538AD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.125 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AD3
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 211)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 4.03, -42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 43.16, 275.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0303 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.125 256)
XYZ	xyz(24.4094, 24.7169, 65.0999)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AD3 #D39C53

analogous

#53CAD3 #538AD3 #5C53D3

triadic

#538AD3 #D3538A #8AD353

tetradic

#538AD3 #D353CA #D39C53 #53D35C

square

#538AD3 #D353CA #D39C53 #53D35C

split-complementary

#538AD3 #D35C53 #CAD353

monochromatic

#234F89 #2F6BB9 #538AD3 #84ABDF #B4CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#538AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#538AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AD3

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AD3	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.125 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabe1',
    500: '#538ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ad3;
$custom-light: #8eabe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.219,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62834,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.24719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AD3

secondary

#DBC5A7

accent

#9F45E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AD3

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

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