#538EC0#538EC0

#538EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC0
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(208, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -4.48, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 32.14, 261.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0402 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.098 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7513, 24.9888, 53.4833)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC0 #C08553

analogous

#53C0BC #538EC0 #5358C0

triadic

#538EC0 #C0538E #8EC053

tetradic

#538EC0 #BC53C0 #C08553 #58C053

square

#538EC0 #BC53C0 #C08553 #58C053

split-complementary

#538EC0 #C05358 #C0BC53

monochromatic

#294F70 #396F9C #538EC0 #80ABD0 #ADC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#538EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#538EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC0

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC0	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A84BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed3',
    500: '#538ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec0;
$custom-light: #8baed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.523,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62755,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC0

secondary

#CFB5A0

accent

#8E52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC0

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

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