#538BA7#538BA7

#538BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.073 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BA7
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(200, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -10.49, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 23.03, 242.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0454 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.073 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7724, 23.0927, 39.9671)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BA7 #A76F53

analogous

#53A799 #538BA7 #5361A7

triadic

#538BA7 #A7538B #8BA753

tetradic

#538BA7 #9953A7 #A76F53 #61A753

square

#538BA7 #9953A7 #A76F53 #61A753

split-complementary

#538BA7 #A75361 #A79953

monochromatic

#2A4755 #3F697E #538BA7 #7AA7BD #A3C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#538BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#538BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BA7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BA7	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.073 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acc1',
    500: '#538ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ba7;
$custom-light: #89acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60918,
    "c": 0.07278,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BA7

secondary

#BFA497

accent

#825ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BA7

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

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