#538EA6#538EA6

#538EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.071 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EA6
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -12.46, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 22.40, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0494 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.071 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1207, 23.9366, 39.6289)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EA6 #A66B53

analogous

#53A695 #538EA6 #5365A6

triadic

#538EA6 #A6538E #8EA653

tetradic

#538EA6 #9553A6 #A66B53 #65A653

square

#538EA6 #9553A6 #A66B53 #65A653

split-complementary

#538EA6 #A65365 #A69553

monochromatic

#2A4854 #3F6B7D #538EA6 #7AA9BC #A3C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#538EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#538EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EA6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EA6	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.071 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc0',
    500: '#538ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ea6;
$custom-light: #89afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.349,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61587,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EA6

secondary

#BEA297

accent

#7D5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EA6

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

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