#538DD2#538DD2

#538DD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DD2
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 1.93, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 41.20, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0337 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.121 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7208, 25.5396, 64.5872)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DD2 #D29853

analogous

#53CDD2 #538DD2 #5853D2

triadic

#538DD2 #D2538D #8DD253

tetradic

#538DD2 #D253CD #D29853 #53D258

square

#538DD2 #D253CD #D29853 #53D258

split-complementary

#538DD2 #D25853 #CDD253

monochromatic

#235187 #306EB8 #538DD2 #84ADDF #B4CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#538DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#538DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DD2

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DD2	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee0',
    500: '#538dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dd2;
$custom-light: #8eaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.598,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63443,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DD2

secondary

#DAC3A7

accent

#9B46E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DD2

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

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