#538DE2#538DE2

#538DE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.142 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538DE2
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 7.27, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 49.38, 278.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0297 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.142 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8147, 26.3772, 75.6149)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538DE2 #E2A853

analogous

#53D5E2 #538DE2 #6053E2

triadic

#538DE2 #E2538D #8DE253

tetradic

#538DE2 #E253D5 #E2A853 #53E260

square

#538DE2 #E253D5 #E2A853 #53E260

split-complementary

#538DE2 #E26053 #D5E253

monochromatic

#1B51A0 #246BD4 #538DE2 #87B0EB #BCD2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#538DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#538DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538DE2

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538DE2	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.142 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90adeb',
    500: '#538de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538de2;
$custom-light: #90adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.664,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538DE2

secondary

#E4CEAD

accent

#8512D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538DE2

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

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