#538EC5#538EC5

#538EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC5
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -2.88, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 34.44, 265.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0386 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.104 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3147, 25.2142, 56.4507)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC5 #C58A53

analogous

#53C5C3 #538EC5 #5355C5

triadic

#538EC5 #C5538E #8EC553

tetradic

#538EC5 #C353C5 #C58A53 #55C553

square

#538EC5 #C353C5 #C58A53 #55C553

split-complementary

#538EC5 #C55355 #C5C353

monochromatic

#285076 #376FA4 #538EC5 #81ACD4 #AFCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#538EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#538EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC5

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC5	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6884C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed7',
    500: '#538ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec5;
$custom-light: #8caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.947,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62999,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC5

secondary

#D2B9A2

accent

#914FD9

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC5

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

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