#538EA7#538EA7

#538EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.072 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EA7
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -12.16, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 22.67, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0491 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.072 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2128, 23.9734, 40.1139)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EA7 #A76C53

analogous

#53A796 #538EA7 #5364A7

triadic

#538EA7 #A7538E #8EA753

tetradic

#538EA7 #9653A7 #A76C53 #64A753

square

#538EA7 #9653A7 #A76C53 #64A753

split-complementary

#538EA7 #A75364 #A79653

monochromatic

#2A4855 #3F6B7E #538EA7 #7AA9BD #A3C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#538EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#538EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EA7

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EA7	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.072 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc1',
    500: '#538ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ea7;
$custom-light: #89afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61628,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EA7

secondary

#BFA397

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EA7

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

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