#538AE1#538AE1

#538AE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.144 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#538AE1
RGBrgb(83, 138, 225)
HSLhsl(217, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(217, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.51, 8.72, -49.69)
CIE-LCHlch(57.51, 50.45, 279.95°)
OKLaboklab(63.62% -0.0269 -0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(63.62% 0.144 259.2)
XYZxyz(26.2415, 25.4497, 74.7489)
Luminance0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#538AE1 #E1AA53
analogous
#53D1E1 #538AE1 #6353E1
triadic
#538AE1 #E1538A #8AE153
tetradic
#538AE1 #E153D1 #E1AA53 #53E163
square
#538AE1 #E153D1 #E1AA53 #53E163
split-complementary
#538AE1 #E16353 #D1E153
monochromatic
#1C4E9E #2568D2 #538AE1 #87ADEA #BBD1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#538AE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09
#538AE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AE1
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##538AE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##538AE11.003.456.096.09
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0921.001.001.00
##0000006.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6491E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F84DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #538ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.144 259.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90abeb',
    500: '#538ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #538ae1;
$custom-light: #90abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#538ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.761,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#538AE1
secondary
#E3CEAD
accent
#8813D2
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AE1

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#538AE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva