#538DCA#538DCA

#538DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DCA
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(211, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -0.69, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 37.24, 268.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.036 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.111 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7490, 25.1509, 59.4687)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DCA #CA9053

analogous

#53C9CA #538DCA #5453CA

triadic

#538DCA #CA538D #8DCA53

tetradic

#538DCA #CA53C9 #CA9053 #53CA54

square

#538DCA #CA53C9 #CA9053 #53CA54

split-complementary

#538DCA #CA5453 #C9CA53

monochromatic

#26507C #356EAB #538DCA #82ACD8 #B1CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#538DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DCA

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DCA	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeda',
    500: '#538dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dca;
$custom-light: #8daeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.756,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63025,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DCA

secondary

#D5BDA4

accent

#964CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DCA

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

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