#538DDC#538DDC

#538DDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.134 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DDC
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 35.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 5.25, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 46.28, 276.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0311 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.134 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0058, 26.0536, 71.3546)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DDC #DCA253

analogous

#53D1DC #538DDC #5E53DC

triadic

#538DDC #DC538D #8DDC53

tetradic

#538DDC #DC53D1 #DCA253 #53DC5E

square

#538DDC #DC53D1 #DCA253 #53DC5E

split-complementary

#538DDC #DC5E53 #D1DC53

monochromatic

#1F5196 #296DC9 #538DDC #86AFE6 #B9D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#538DDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#538DDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DDC

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DDC	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.134 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fade7',
    500: '#538ddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ddc;
$custom-light: #8fade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.599,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DDC

secondary

#E0C9AB

accent

#A13FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DDC

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

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