#538CD1#538CD1

#538CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.121 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD1
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(213, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 2.19, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 41.17, 273.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0329 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.121 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4499, 25.1964, 63.8841)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD1 #D19853

analogous

#53CBD1 #538CD1 #5953D1

triadic

#538CD1 #D1538C #8CD153

tetradic

#538CD1 #D153CB #D19853 #53D159

square

#538CD1 #D153CB #D19853 #53D159

split-complementary

#538CD1 #D15953 #CBD153

monochromatic

#245086 #316DB6 #538CD1 #83ACDE #B4CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#538CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD1

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD1	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)

#6F90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.121 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaddf',
    500: '#538cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd1;
$custom-light: #8eaddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD1

secondary

#D9C2A6

accent

#9B47E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD1

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

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