#538CD8#538CD8

#538CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.130 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD8
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(214, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 4.51, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 44.73, 275.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0311 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.13 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3356, 25.5507, 68.5490)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD8 #D89F53

analogous

#53CED8 #538CD8 #5C53D8

triadic

#538CD8 #D8538C #8CD853

tetradic

#538CD8 #D853CE #D89F53 #53D85C

square

#538CD8 #D853CE #D89F53 #53D85C

split-complementary

#538CD8 #D85C53 #CED853

monochromatic

#215090 #2C6CC2 #538CD8 #85ADE3 #B7CFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#538CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#538CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD8

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD8	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.130 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fade4',
    500: '#538cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd8;
$custom-light: #8fade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD8

secondary

#DEC7A9

accent

#A042E6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD8

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

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