#538DC6#538DC6

#538DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DC6
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -1.98, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 35.32, 266.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0372 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.106 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2815, 24.9639, 57.0068)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DC6 #C68C53

analogous

#53C6C5 #538DC6 #5354C6

triadic

#538DC6 #C6538D #8DC653

tetradic

#538DC6 #C553C6 #C68C53 #54C653

square

#538DC6 #C553C6 #C68C53 #54C653

split-complementary

#538DC6 #C65354 #C6C553

monochromatic

#275077 #376EA5 #538DC6 #81ABD5 #AFCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#538DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#538DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DC6

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DC6	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed7',
    500: '#538dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dc6;
$custom-light: #8caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.739,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62823,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DC6

secondary

#D3BAA2

accent

#934EDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DC6

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

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