#538BC8#538BC8

#538BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.110 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BC8
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -0.17, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 37.15, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0343 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.11 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2215, 24.4723, 58.1323)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BC8 #C89053

analogous

#53C6C8 #538BC8 #5553C8

triadic

#538BC8 #C8538B #8BC853

tetradic

#538BC8 #C853C6 #C89053 #53C855

square

#538BC8 #C853C6 #C89053 #53C855

split-complementary

#538BC8 #C85553 #C6C853

monochromatic

#274F7A #366CA8 #538BC8 #81AAD7 #B0CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#538BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#538BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BC8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BC8	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.110 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacd9',
    500: '#538bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bc8;
$custom-light: #8cacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.282,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62474,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BC8

secondary

#D4BCA3

accent

#974DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BC8

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

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