#538AE2#538AE2

#538AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.145 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AE2
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 9.06, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 50.97, 280.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0267 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.145 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3784, 25.5045, 75.4695)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AE2 #E2AB53

analogous

#53D1E2 #538AE2 #6353E2

triadic

#538AE2 #E2538A #8AE253

tetradic

#538AE2 #E253D1 #E2AB53 #53E263

square

#538AE2 #E253D1 #E2AB53 #53E263

split-complementary

#538AE2 #E26353 #D1E253

monochromatic

#1B4EA0 #2468D4 #538AE2 #87AEEB #BCD1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#538AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#538AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AE2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AE2	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.145 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90abeb',
    500: '#538ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ae2;
$custom-light: #90abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AE2

secondary

#E4CFAD

accent

#8912D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AE2

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

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