#538ED2#538ED2

#538ED2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED2
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 1.35, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 40.73, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0348 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.12 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8690, 25.8359, 64.6365)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED2 #D29753

analogous

#53CDD2 #538ED2 #5853D2

triadic

#538ED2 #D2538E #8ED253

tetradic

#538ED2 #D253CD #D29753 #53D258

square

#538ED2 #D253CD #D29753 #53D258

split-complementary

#538ED2 #D25853 #CDD253

monochromatic

#235287 #306FB8 #538ED2 #84AEDF #B4CEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#538ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#538ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED2	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7192D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee0',
    500: '#538ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed2;
$custom-light: #8eaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.126,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63665,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED2

secondary

#DAC2A7

accent

#9946E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED2

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

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