#538D99#538D99

#538D99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.063 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D99
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(190, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -15.65, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 19.90, 218.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0534 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.063 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8398, 23.1872, 33.6136)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D99 #995F53

analogous

#539982 #538D99 #536A99

triadic

#538D99 #99538D #8D9953

tetradic

#538D99 #825399 #995F53 #6A9953

square

#538D99 #825399 #995F53 #6A9953

split-complementary

#538D99 #99536A #998253

monochromatic

#28444A #3D6871 #538D99 #75A9B4 #9DC2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#538D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#538D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D99

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D99	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.063 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeb7',
    500: '#538d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d99;
$custom-light: #88aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60829,
    "c": 0.06328,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D99

secondary

#B79791

accent

#7362C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D99

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

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