#538CD3#538CD3

#538CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD3
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 2.85, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 42.18, 273.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0324 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.123 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6990, 25.2961, 65.1964)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD3 #D39A53

analogous

#53CCD3 #538CD3 #5A53D3

triadic

#538CD3 #D3538C #8CD353

tetradic

#538CD3 #D353CC #D39A53 #53D35A

square

#538CD3 #D353CC #D39A53 #53D35A

split-complementary

#538CD3 #D35A53 #CCD353

monochromatic

#235089 #2F6DB9 #538CD3 #84ADDF #B4CDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#538CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#538CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD3

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD3	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade1',
    500: '#538cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd3;
$custom-light: #8eade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.281,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63275,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD3

secondary

#DBC4A7

accent

#9C45E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD3

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

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