#538CC5#538CC5

#538CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.106 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CC5
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -1.73, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 35.26, 267.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0363 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.106 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0198, 24.6244, 56.3524)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CC5 #C58C53

analogous

#53C5C5 #538CC5 #5353C5

triadic

#538CC5 #C5538C #8CC553

tetradic

#538CC5 #C553C5 #C58C53 #53C553

square

#538CC5 #C553C5 #C58C53 #53C553

split-complementary

#538CC5 #C55353 #C5C553

monochromatic

#284F76 #376DA4 #538CC5 #81ABD4 #AFC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#538CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#538CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CC5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CC5	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.106 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadd7',
    500: '#538cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cc5;
$custom-light: #8cadd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62546,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CC5

secondary

#D2BAA2

accent

#944FD9

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CC5

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

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