#538EA5#538EA5

#538EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.071 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EA5
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -12.75, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 22.14, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0498 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.071 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0293, 23.9000, 39.1477)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EA5 #A56A53

analogous

#53A593 #538EA5 #5365A5

triadic

#538EA5 #A5538E #8EA553

tetradic

#538EA5 #9353A5 #A56A53 #65A553

square

#538EA5 #9353A5 #A56A53 #65A553

split-complementary

#538EA5 #A55365 #A59353

monochromatic

#2A4854 #3F6B7C #538EA5 #79A9BC #A2C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#538EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#538EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EA5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EA5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.071 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afbf',
    500: '#538ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ea5;
$custom-light: #89afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.829,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61545,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EA5

secondary

#BEA196

accent

#7D5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EA5

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

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