#538AED#538AED

#538AED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.160 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538AED
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 12.79, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 56.79, 283.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0245 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.16 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9364, 26.1277, 83.6752)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538AED #EDB653

analogous

#53D7ED #538AED #6953ED

triadic

#538AED #ED538A #8AED53

tetradic

#538AED #ED53D7 #EDB653 #53ED69

square

#538AED #ED53D7 #EDB653 #53ED69

split-complementary

#538AED #ED6953 #D7ED53

monochromatic

#134CB3 #1C64E7 #538AED #8AB0F3 #C2D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#538AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#538AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538AED

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538AED	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C93F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4485EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.160 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92abf3',
    500: '#538aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538aed;
$custom-light: #92abf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64333,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538AED

secondary

#EAD6B2

accent

#9108DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #538AED

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

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