#538DC9#538DC9

#538DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.110 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DC9
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -1.01, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 36.76, 268.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0363 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.11 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6310, 25.1037, 58.8472)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DC9 #C98F53

analogous

#53C8C9 #538DC9 #5453C9

triadic

#538DC9 #C9538D #8DC953

tetradic

#538DC9 #C953C8 #C98F53 #53C954

square

#538DC9 #C953C8 #C98F53 #53C954

split-complementary

#538DC9 #C95453 #C8C953

monochromatic

#27507B #356EAA #538DC9 #82ACD8 #B0CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#538DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#538DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DC9

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DC9	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.110 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daed9',
    500: '#538dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dc9;
$custom-light: #8daed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.508,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62974,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DC9

secondary

#D4BCA3

accent

#954CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DC9

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

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