#538D9E#538D9E

#538D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.066 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D9E
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -14.23, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 20.62, 226.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0514 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.066 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2614, 23.3559, 35.8343)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D9E #9E6453

analogous

#539E8A #538D9E #53689E

triadic

#538D9E #9E538D #8D9E53

tetradic

#538D9E #8A539E #9E6453 #689E53

square

#538D9E #8A539E #9E6453 #689E53

split-complementary

#538D9E #9E5368 #9E8A53

monochromatic

#29454E #3E6976 #538D9E #77A9B7 #9FC2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#538D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#538D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D9E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D9E	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.066 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeba',
    500: '#538d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d9e;
$custom-light: #88aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61023,
    "c": 0.06585,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D9E

secondary

#BA9C93

accent

#7860C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D9E

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

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