#538BC2#538BC2

#538BC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.103 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BC2
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -2.11, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 34.24, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0361 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.103 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5340, 24.1973, 54.5115)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BC2 #C28A53

analogous

#53C2C2 #538BC2 #5354C2

triadic

#538BC2 #C2538B #8BC253

tetradic

#538BC2 #C253C2 #C28A53 #54C253

square

#538BC2 #C253C2 #C28A53 #54C253

split-complementary

#538BC2 #C25354 #C2C253

monochromatic

#284E72 #386C9F #538BC2 #80A9D2 #ADC8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#538BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#538BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BC2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BC2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.103 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacd4',
    500: '#538bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bc2;
$custom-light: #8cacd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.73,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BC2

secondary

#D0B8A1

accent

#9351D7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BC2

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

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