#538CD4#538CD4

#538CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.125 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD4
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 3.18, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 42.69, 274.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0321 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.125 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8248, 25.3464, 65.8587)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD4 #D49B53

analogous

#53CDD4 #538CD4 #5A53D4

triadic

#538CD4 #D4538C #8CD453

tetradic

#538CD4 #D453CD #D49B53 #53D45A

square

#538CD4 #D453CD #D49B53 #53D45A

split-complementary

#538CD4 #D45A53 #CDD453

monochromatic

#23508A #2F6DBB #538CD4 #84ADE0 #B5CDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#538CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#538CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD4

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD4	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.125 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade1',
    500: '#538cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd4;
$custom-light: #8eade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD4

secondary

#DBC4A8

accent

#9D45E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD4

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

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