#538DCE#538DCE

#538DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DCE
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 0.62, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 39.21, 270.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0348 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.116 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2287, 25.3428, 61.9954)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DCE #CE9453

analogous

#53CBCE #538DCE #5753CE

triadic

#538DCE #CE538D #8DCE53

tetradic

#538DCE #CE53CB #CE9453 #53CE57

square

#538DCE #CE53CB #CE9453 #53CE57

split-complementary

#538DCE #CE5753 #CBCE53

monochromatic

#255182 #336EB1 #538DCE #83ADDC #B2CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#538DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#538DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DCE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DCE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daedd',
    500: '#538dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dce;
$custom-light: #8daedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.707,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DCE

secondary

#D8C0A5

accent

#9849DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DCE

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

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