#538ED5#538ED5

#538ED5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.124 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED5
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 213)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 2.34, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 42.23, 273.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.034 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.124 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2462, 25.9868, 66.6234)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED5 #D59A53

analogous

#53CFD5 #538ED5 #5953D5

triadic

#538ED5 #D5538E #8ED553

tetradic

#538ED5 #D553CF #D59A53 #53D559

square

#538ED5 #D553CF #D59A53 #53D559

split-complementary

#538ED5 #D55953 #CFD553

monochromatic

#22528C #2E6FBD #538ED5 #84AEE1 #B5CFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#538ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#538ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7092D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E86D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.124 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee2',
    500: '#538ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed5;
$custom-light: #8eaee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED5

secondary

#DCC4A8

accent

#9B44E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED5

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

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