#538CA6#538CA6

#538CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.072 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CA6
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(199, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -11.35, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 22.58, 239.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.047 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.072 229)
XYZ	xyz(19.8258, 23.3468, 39.5306)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CA6 #A66D53

analogous

#53A697 #538CA6 #5363A6

triadic

#538CA6 #A6538C #8CA653

tetradic

#538CA6 #9753A6 #A66D53 #63A653

square

#538CA6 #9753A6 #A66D53 #63A653

split-complementary

#538CA6 #A65363 #A69753

monochromatic

#2A4754 #3F6A7D #538CA6 #7AA8BC #A3C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#538CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#538CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CA6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CA6	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.072 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adc0',
    500: '#538ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ca6;
$custom-light: #89adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61112,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CA6

secondary

#BEA397

accent

#805EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CA6

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

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