#538BC5#538BC5

#538BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.106 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BC5
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -1.15, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 35.69, 268.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0352 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.106 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8743, 24.3335, 56.3039)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BC5 #C58D53

analogous

#53C4C5 #538BC5 #5453C5

triadic

#538BC5 #C5538B #8BC553

tetradic

#538BC5 #C553C4 #C58D53 #53C554

square

#538BC5 #C553C4 #C58D53 #53C554

split-complementary

#538BC5 #C55453 #C4C553

monochromatic

#284E76 #376CA4 #538BC5 #81AAD4 #AFC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#538BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#538BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BC5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BC5	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.106 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacd7',
    500: '#538bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bc5;
$custom-light: #8cacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.526,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BC5

secondary

#D2BAA2

accent

#954FD9

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BC5

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

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