#538ECD#538ECD

#538ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ECD
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -0.29, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 38.26, 269.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0362 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.114 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2558, 25.5906, 61.4070)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ECD #CD9253

analogous

#53CBCD #538ECD #5553CD

triadic

#538ECD #CD538E #8ECD53

tetradic

#538ECD #CD53CB #CD9253 #53CD55

square

#538ECD #CD53CB #CD9253 #53CD55

split-complementary

#538ECD #CD5553 #CBCD53

monochromatic

#255180 #336FB0 #538ECD #82ADDB #B2CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#538ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#538ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ECD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ECD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daedc',
    500: '#538ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ecd;
$custom-light: #8daedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.984,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ECD

secondary

#D7BFA5

accent

#964ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ECD

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

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