#538BD7#538BD7

#538BD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.130 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BD7
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 4.77, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 44.72, 276.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0303 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.13 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0613, 25.2082, 67.8218)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538BD7 #D79F53

analogous

#53CDD7 #538BD7 #5D53D7

triadic

#538BD7 #D7538B #8BD753

tetradic

#538BD7 #D753CD #D79F53 #53D75D

square

#538BD7 #D753CD #D79F53 #53D75D

split-complementary

#538BD7 #D75D53 #CDD753

monochromatic

#21508E #2D6BC0 #538BD7 #85ACE3 #B6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#538BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BD7

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BD7	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.130 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eace3',
    500: '#538bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538bd7;
$custom-light: #8eace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BD7

secondary

#DDC7A9

accent

#A042E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BD7

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

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