#538DD4#538DD4

#538DD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.124 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DD4
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 2.59, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 42.20, 273.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0332 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.124 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9716, 25.6399, 65.9076)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DD4 #D49A53

analogous

#53CED4 #538DD4 #5953D4

triadic

#538DD4 #D4538D #8DD453

tetradic

#538DD4 #D453CE #D49A53 #53D459

square

#538DD4 #D453CE #D49A53 #53D459

split-complementary

#538DD4 #D45953 #CED453

monochromatic

#23518A #2F6EBB #538DD4 #84ADE0 #B5CEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#538DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#538DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DD4

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DD4	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.124 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee1',
    500: '#538dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dd4;
$custom-light: #8eaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.023,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6355,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DD4

secondary

#DBC4A8

accent

#9C45E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DD4

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

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