#538DCB#538DCB

#538DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.112 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DCB
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -0.36, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 37.73, 269.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0357 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.112 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8678, 25.1984, 60.0943)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DCB #CB9153

analogous

#53C9CB #538DCB #5553CB

triadic

#538DCB #CB538D #8DCB53

tetradic

#538DCB #CB53C9 #CB9153 #53CB55

square

#538DCB #CB53C9 #CB9153 #53CB55

split-complementary

#538DCB #CB5553 #C9CB53

monochromatic

#26507E #346EAD #538DCB #82ACD9 #B1CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#538DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DCB

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DCB	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.112 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daedb',
    500: '#538dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dcb;
$custom-light: #8daedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63077,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DCB

secondary

#D6BEA4

accent

#964BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DCB

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

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