#538DC7#538DC7

#538DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.107 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DC7
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -1.66, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 35.80, 267.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0369 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.107 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3972, 25.0102, 57.6162)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DC7 #C78D53

analogous

#53C7C7 #538DC7 #5353C7

triadic

#538DC7 #C7538D #8DC753

tetradic

#538DC7 #C753C7 #C78D53 #53C753

square

#538DC7 #C753C7 #C78D53 #53C753

split-complementary

#538DC7 #C75353 #C7C753

monochromatic

#275078 #366EA7 #538DC7 #81ACD6 #AFCAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#538DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#538DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DC7

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DC7	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.107 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed8',
    500: '#538dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dc7;
$custom-light: #8caed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DC7

secondary

#D3BBA3

accent

#944DDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DC7

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

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