#538CD6#538CD6

#538CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.127 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD6
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 3.84, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 43.71, 275.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0316 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.127 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0786, 25.4479, 67.1956)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD6 #D69D53

analogous

#53CDD6 #538CD6 #5B53D6

triadic

#538CD6 #D6538C #8CD653

tetradic

#538CD6 #D653CD #D69D53 #53D65B

square

#538CD6 #D653CD #D69D53 #53D65B

split-complementary

#538CD6 #D65B53 #CDD653

monochromatic

#22508D #2D6CBE #538CD6 #84ADE2 #B6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#538CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#538CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD6

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD6	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.127 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade3',
    500: '#538cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd6;
$custom-light: #8eade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.893,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD6

secondary

#DCC6A8

accent

#9E43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD6

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

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