#538CD5#538CD5

#538CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.126 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD5
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 3.51, -43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 43.20, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0319 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.126 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9513, 25.3970, 66.5251)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD5 #D59C53

analogous

#53CDD5 #538CD5 #5B53D5

triadic

#538CD5 #D5538C #8CD553

tetradic

#538CD5 #D553CD #D59C53 #53D55B

square

#538CD5 #D553CD #D59C53 #53D55B

split-complementary

#538CD5 #D55B53 #CDD553

monochromatic

#22508C #2E6DBD #538CD5 #84ADE1 #B5CEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#538CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#538CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD5

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD5	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.126 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade2',
    500: '#538cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd5;
$custom-light: #8eade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.692,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD5

secondary

#DCC5A8

accent

#9E44E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD5

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

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