#538BCD#538BCD

#538BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BCD
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 1.46, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 39.63, 272.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0329 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.117 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8154, 24.7099, 61.2602)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BCD #CD9553

analogous

#53C8CD #538BCD #5853CD

triadic

#538BCD #CD538B #8BCD53

tetradic

#538BCD #CD53C8 #CD9553 #53CD58

square

#538BCD #CD53C8 #CD9553 #53CD58

split-complementary

#538BCD #CD5853 #C8CD53

monochromatic

#254F80 #336CB0 #538BCD #82ABDB #B2CBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#538BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#538BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BCD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BCD	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacdc',
    500: '#538bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bcd;
$custom-light: #8dacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.459,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62734,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BCD

secondary

#D7C0A5

accent

#9A4ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BCD

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

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