#538DDE#538DDE

#538DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.137 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DDE
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 5.92, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 47.31, 277.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0306 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.137 257)
XYZ	xyz(26.2723, 26.1602, 72.7580)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DDE #DEA453

analogous

#53D3DE #538DDE #5F53DE

triadic

#538DDE #DE538D #8DDE53

tetradic

#538DDE #DE53D3 #DEA453 #53DE5F

square

#538DDE #DE53D3 #DEA453 #53DE5F

split-complementary

#538DDE #DE5F53 #D3DE53

monochromatic

#1D5199 #276CCD #538DDE #86AFE8 #BAD1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#538DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#538DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DDE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DDE	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.137 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fade8',
    500: '#538dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538dde;
$custom-light: #8fade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.964,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.26163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DDE

secondary

#E1CBAC

accent

#A23DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DDE

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

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