#538EC8#538EC8

#538EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.108 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC8
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -1.92, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 35.85, 266.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0377 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.108 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6618, 25.3530, 58.2791)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC8 #C88D53

analogous

#53C8C8 #538EC8 #5353C8

triadic

#538EC8 #C8538E #8EC853

tetradic

#538EC8 #C853C8 #C88D53 #53C853

square

#538EC8 #C853C8 #C88D53 #53C853

split-complementary

#538EC8 #C85353 #C8C853

monochromatic

#27517A #366FA8 #538EC8 #81ACD7 #B0CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#538EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#538EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.108 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caed9',
    500: '#538ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec8;
$custom-light: #8caed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.744,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63149,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC8

secondary

#D4BBA3

accent

#934DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC8

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

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