#538DC8#538DC8

#538DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DC8
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -1.34, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 36.28, 267.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0366 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.108 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5137, 25.0568, 58.2297)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DC8 #C88E53

analogous

#53C8C8 #538DC8 #5353C8

triadic

#538DC8 #C8538D #8DC853

tetradic

#538DC8 #C853C8 #C88E53 #53C853

square

#538DC8 #C853C8 #C88E53 #53C853

split-complementary

#538DC8 #C85353 #C8C853

monochromatic

#27507A #366EA8 #538DC8 #81ACD7 #B0CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#538DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#538DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DC8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DC8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed9',
    500: '#538dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dc8;
$custom-light: #8caed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.256,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DC8

secondary

#D4BCA3

accent

#954DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DC8

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

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