#538DD9#538DD9

#538DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.130 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DD9
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 4.25, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 44.74, 275.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0319 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.13 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6121, 25.8961, 69.2809)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DD9 #D99F53

analogous

#53D0D9 #538DD9 #5C53D9

triadic

#538DD9 #D9538D #8DD953

tetradic

#538DD9 #D953D0 #D99F53 #53D95C

square

#538DD9 #D953D0 #D99F53 #53D95C

split-complementary

#538DD9 #D95C53 #D0D953

monochromatic

#205191 #2B6DC4 #538DD9 #85AEE4 #B7CFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#538DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#538DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DD9

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DD9	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.130 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee5',
    500: '#538dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dd9;
$custom-light: #8faee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.03,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63821,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DD9

secondary

#DEC7AA

accent

#9F41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DD9

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

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