#538AE7#538AE7

#538AE7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.152 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AE7
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 10.75, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 53.61, 281.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0256 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.152 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0744, 25.7829, 79.1356)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538AE7 #E7B053

analogous

#53D4E7 #538AE7 #6653E7

triadic

#538AE7 #E7538A #8AE753

tetradic

#538AE7 #E753D4 #E7B053 #53E766

square

#538AE7 #E753D4 #E7B053 #53E766

split-complementary

#538AE7 #E76653 #D4E753

monochromatic

#174DA8 #1F66DE #538AE7 #89AFEE #BED3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#538AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#538AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AE7

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AE7	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6092EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.152 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91abef',
    500: '#538ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ae7;
$custom-light: #91abef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.703,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63973,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AE7

secondary

#E6D2AF

accent

#8D0ED8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AE7

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

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