#538CDA#538CDA

#538CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.132 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CDA
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(215, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 5.18, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 45.76, 276.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0306 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.132 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5957, 25.6547, 69.9191)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CDA #DAA153

analogous

#53CFDA #538CDA #5E53DA

triadic

#538CDA #DA538C #8CDA53

tetradic

#538CDA #DA53CF #DAA153 #53DA5E

square

#538CDA #DA53CF #DAA153 #53DA5E

split-complementary

#538CDA #DA5E53 #CFDA53

monochromatic

#205093 #2A6CC5 #538CDA #85AEE5 #B8CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#538CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#538CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CDA

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CDA	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5885D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.132 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fade6',
    500: '#538cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cda;
$custom-light: #8fade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.667,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63657,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CDA

secondary

#DFC9AA

accent

#A140E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CDA

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

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