#538BE6#538BE6

#538BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.149 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538BE6
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 9.81, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 52.54, 280.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0268 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.149 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0778, 26.0148, 78.4419)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538BE6 #E6AE53

analogous

#53D4E6 #538BE6 #6553E6

triadic

#538BE6 #E6538B #8BE653

tetradic

#538BE6 #E653D4 #E6AE53 #53E665

square

#538BE6 #E653D4 #E6AE53 #53E665

split-complementary

#538BE6 #E66553 #D4E653

monochromatic

#184EA6 #2068DC #538BE6 #88AFEE #BED3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#538BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#538BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538BE6

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538BE6	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6293EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.149 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91acee',
    500: '#538be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538be6;
$custom-light: #91acee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64126,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538BE6

secondary

#E6D1AF

accent

#8B0FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538BE6

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

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