#538BC0#538BC0

#538BC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BC0
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -2.75, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 33.30, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0368 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.1 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3109, 24.1081, 53.3365)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BC0 #C08853

analogous

#53C0BF #538BC0 #5355C0

triadic

#538BC0 #C0538B #8BC053

tetradic

#538BC0 #BF53C0 #C08853 #55C053

square

#538BC0 #BF53C0 #C08853 #55C053

split-complementary

#538BC0 #C05355 #C0BF53

monochromatic

#294D70 #396C9C #538BC0 #80A9D0 #ADC7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#538BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#538BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BC0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BC0	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacd3',
    500: '#538bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bc0;
$custom-light: #8bacd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.174,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BC0

secondary

#CFB7A0

accent

#9252D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BC0

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

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