#538BA9#538BA9

#538BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.075 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BA9
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -9.90, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 23.69, 245.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0447 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.075 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9587, 23.1672, 40.9484)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BA9 #A97153

analogous

#53A99C #538BA9 #5360A9

triadic

#538BA9 #A9538B #8BA953

tetradic

#538BA9 #9C53A9 #A97153 #60A953

square

#538BA9 #9C53A9 #A97153 #60A953

split-complementary

#538BA9 #A95360 #A99C53

monochromatic

#2B4757 #3F6980 #538BA9 #7BA7BE #A4C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#538BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#538BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BA9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BA9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.075 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acc2',
    500: '#538ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ba9;
$custom-light: #89acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61004,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BA9

secondary

#C0A698

accent

#835ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BA9

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

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