#538DD0#538DD0

#538DD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DD0
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 208)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 1.27, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 40.20, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0343 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.119 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4732, 25.4406, 63.2831)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DD0 #D09653

analogous

#53CCD0 #538DD0 #5853D0

triadic

#538DD0 #D0538D #8DD053

tetradic

#538DD0 #D053CC #D09653 #53D058

square

#538DD0 #D053CC #D09653 #53D058

split-complementary

#538DD0 #D05853 #CCD053

monochromatic

#245184 #316EB4 #538DD0 #83ADDD #B3CDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#538DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#538DD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DD0

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DD0	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daede',
    500: '#538dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dd0;
$custom-light: #8daede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.16,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63337,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DD0

secondary

#D9C1A6

accent

#9947E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DD0

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

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