#538E9C#538E9C

#538E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.065 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E9C
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -15.34, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 20.38, 221.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0534 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.065 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2388, 23.5838, 34.9844)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E9C #9C6153

analogous

#539C86 #538E9C #536A9C

triadic

#538E9C #9C538E #8E9C53

tetradic

#538E9C #86539C #9C6153 #6A9C53

square

#538E9C #86539C #9C6153 #6A9C53

split-complementary

#538E9C #9C536A #9C8653

monochromatic

#28454C #3E6A74 #538E9C #76AAB6 #9EC3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#538E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#538E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E9C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E9C	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.065 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afb9',
    500: '#538e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e9c;
$custom-light: #88afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61185,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E9C

secondary

#B99A92

accent

#7561C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E9C

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

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