#538EC7#538EC7

#538EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC7
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -2.24, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 35.38, 266.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.038 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.106 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5454, 25.3064, 57.6656)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC7 #C78C53

analogous

#53C7C6 #538EC7 #5354C7

triadic

#538EC7 #C7538E #8EC753

tetradic

#538EC7 #C653C7 #C78C53 #54C753

square

#538EC7 #C653C7 #C78C53 #54C753

split-complementary

#538EC7 #C75354 #C7C653

monochromatic

#275078 #366FA7 #538EC7 #81ACD6 #AFCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#538EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#538EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC7

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC7	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed8',
    500: '#538ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec7;
$custom-light: #8caed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.483,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63099,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC7

secondary

#D3BAA3

accent

#934DDA

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC7

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

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