#538EC9#538EC9

#538EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EC9
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -1.59, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 36.33, 267.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0374 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.109 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7791, 25.3999, 58.8966)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EC9 #C98E53

analogous

#53C9C9 #538EC9 #5353C9

triadic

#538EC9 #C9538E #8EC953

tetradic

#538EC9 #C953C9 #C98E53 #53C953

square

#538EC9 #C953C9 #C98E53 #53C953

split-complementary

#538EC9 #C95353 #C9C953

monochromatic

#27517B #356FAA #538EC9 #82ADD8 #B0CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#538EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#538EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EC9

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EC9	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daed9',
    500: '#538ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ec9;
$custom-light: #8daed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EC9

secondary

#D4BCA3

accent

#944CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EC9

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

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