#538ED6#538ED6

#538ED6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.125 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED6
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 2.67, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 42.73, 273.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0337 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.125 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3735, 26.0377, 67.2939)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED6 #D69B53

analogous

#53CFD6 #538ED6 #5953D6

triadic

#538ED6 #D6538E #8ED653

tetradic

#538ED6 #D653CF #D69B53 #53D659

square

#538ED6 #D653CF #D69B53 #53D659

split-complementary

#538ED6 #D65953 #CFD653

monochromatic

#22528D #2D6FBE #538ED6 #84AEE2 #B6CFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#538ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#538ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E86D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.125 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee3',
    500: '#538ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed6;
$custom-light: #8eaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.977,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63878,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED6

secondary

#DCC5A8

accent

#9C43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED6

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

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