#538EAC#538EAC

#538EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.077 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EAC
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -10.67, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 24.19, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0471 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.077 232)
XYZ	xyz(20.6839, 24.1619, 42.5955)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EAC #AC7153

analogous

#53AC9E #538EAC #5361AC

triadic

#538EAC #AC538E #8EAC53

tetradic

#538EAC #9E53AC #AC7153 #61AC53

square

#538EAC #9E53AC #AC7153 #61AC53

split-complementary

#538EAC #AC5361 #AC9E53

monochromatic

#2B4A59 #3F6C83 #538EAC #7CA9C0 #A6C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#538EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#538EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EAC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EAC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.077 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc4',
    500: '#538eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538eac;
$custom-light: #89afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.225,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6184,
    "c": 0.07654,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EAC

secondary

#C1A799

accent

#825DCB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EAC

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

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