#538BD6#538BD6

#538BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.128 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BD6
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 4.44, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 44.20, 275.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0305 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.128 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9332, 25.1570, 67.1471)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538BD6 #D69E53

analogous

#53CCD6 #538BD6 #5C53D6

triadic

#538BD6 #D6538B #8BD653

tetradic

#538BD6 #D653CC #D69E53 #53D65C

square

#538BD6 #D653CC #D69E53 #53D65C

split-complementary

#538BD6 #D65C53 #CCD653

monochromatic

#22508D #2D6BBE #538BD6 #84ACE2 #B6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#538BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BD6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BD6	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.128 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eace3',
    500: '#538bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bd6;
$custom-light: #8eace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.351,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BD6

secondary

#DCC6A8

accent

#A043E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BD6

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

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