#538ECA#538ECA

#538ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ECA
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -1.27, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 36.81, 268.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0371 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.11 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8971, 25.4471, 59.5181)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ECA #CA8F53

analogous

#53C9CA #538ECA #5353CA

triadic

#538ECA #CA538E #8ECA53

tetradic

#538ECA #CA53C9 #CA8F53 #53CA53

square

#538ECA #CA53C9 #CA8F53 #53CA53

split-complementary

#538ECA #CA5353 #C9CA53

monochromatic

#26517C #356FAB #538ECA #82ADD8 #B1CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#538ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#538ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ECA

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ECA	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeda',
    500: '#538eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538eca;
$custom-light: #8daeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.252,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ECA

secondary

#D5BDA4

accent

#954CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ECA

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

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