#538E9A#538E9A

#538E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.064 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E9A
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(190, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(190, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -15.91, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 20.15, 217.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0543 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.064 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0708, 23.5166, 34.0998)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E9A #9A5F53

analogous

#539A83 #538E9A #536B9A

triadic

#538E9A #9A538E #8E9A53

tetradic

#538E9A #83539A #9A5F53 #6B9A53

square

#538E9A #83539A #9A5F53 #6B9A53

split-complementary

#538E9A #9A536B #9A8353

monochromatic

#28454A #3E6972 #538E9A #75AAB5 #9DC3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#538E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#538E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E9A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E9A	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.064 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afb7',
    500: '#538e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e9a;
$custom-light: #88afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61108,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E9A

secondary

#B79891

accent

#7362C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E9A

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

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