#538CC9#538CC9

#538CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.111 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CC9
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -0.43, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 37.20, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0352 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.111 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4842, 24.8101, 58.7983)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CC9 #C99053

analogous

#53C7C9 #538CC9 #5553C9

triadic

#538CC9 #C9538C #8CC953

tetradic

#538CC9 #C953C7 #C99053 #53C955

square

#538CC9 #C953C7 #C99053 #53C955

split-complementary

#538CC9 #C95553 #C7C953

monochromatic

#274F7B #356DAA #538CC9 #82ABD8 #B0CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#538CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#538CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CC9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CC9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.111 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadd9',
    500: '#538cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cc9;
$custom-light: #8cadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62749,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CC9

secondary

#D4BDA3

accent

#964CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CC9

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

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