#538DC5#538DC5

#538DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DC5
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -2.31, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 34.84, 266.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0375 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.105 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.1666, 24.9179, 56.4013)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538DC5 #C58B53

analogous

#53C5C4 #538DC5 #5354C5

triadic

#538DC5 #C5538D #8DC553

tetradic

#538DC5 #C453C5 #C58B53 #54C553

square

#538DC5 #C453C5 #C58B53 #54C553

split-complementary

#538DC5 #C55354 #C5C453

monochromatic

#284F76 #376EA4 #538DC5 #81ABD4 #AFCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#538DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#538DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DC5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DC5	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed7',
    500: '#538dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dc5;
$custom-light: #8caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.2492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DC5

secondary

#D2B9A2

accent

#934FD9

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DC5

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

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