#538EC6#538EC6

#538EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.105 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC6
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -2.56, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 34.91, 265.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0383 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.105 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4296, 25.2601, 57.0561)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC6 #C68B53

analogous

#53C6C4 #538EC6 #5355C6

triadic

#538EC6 #C6538E #8EC653

tetradic

#538EC6 #C453C6 #C68B53 #55C653

square

#538EC6 #C453C6 #C68B53 #55C653

split-complementary

#538EC6 #C65355 #C6C453

monochromatic

#275077 #376FA5 #538EC6 #81ACD5 #AFCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#538EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#538EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC6

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC6	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.105 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed7',
    500: '#538ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec6;
$custom-light: #8caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.217,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63049,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC6

secondary

#D3BAA2

accent

#924EDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC6

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

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