#538AD5#538AD5

#538AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.128 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AD5
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 213)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 4.69, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 44.19, 276.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0297 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.128 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6617, 24.8178, 66.4286)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538AD5 #D59E53

analogous

#53CBD5 #538AD5 #5D53D5

triadic

#538AD5 #D5538A #8AD553

tetradic

#538AD5 #D553CB #D59E53 #53D55D

square

#538AD5 #D553CB #D59E53 #53D55D

split-complementary

#538AD5 #D55D53 #CBD553

monochromatic

#224F8C #2E6ABD #538AD5 #84ABE1 #B5CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#538AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#538AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AD5

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AD5	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.128 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabe2',
    500: '#538ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ad5;
$custom-light: #8eabe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62944,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AD5

secondary

#DCC6A8

accent

#A044E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AD5

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

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