#538DD7#538DD7

#538DD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.128 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DD7
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 215)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 34.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 3.59, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 43.72, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0324 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.128 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3535, 25.7927, 67.9192)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DD7 #D79D53

analogous

#53CFD7 #538DD7 #5B53D7

triadic

#538DD7 #D7538D #8DD753

tetradic

#538DD7 #D753CF #D79D53 #53D75B

square

#538DD7 #D753CF #D79D53 #53D75B

split-complementary

#538DD7 #D75B53 #CFD753

monochromatic

#21518E #2D6DC0 #538DD7 #85AEE3 #B6CFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#538DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#538DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DD7

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DD7	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.128 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee3',
    500: '#538dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dd7;
$custom-light: #8eaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.636,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DD7

secondary

#DDC6A9

accent

#9E42E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DD7

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

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