#538ED7#538ED7

#538ED7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.127 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED7
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 215)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 34%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 3.00, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 43.24, 273.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0334 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.127 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5016, 26.0889, 67.9686)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED7 #D79C53

analogous

#53D0D7 #538ED7 #5A53D7

triadic

#538ED7 #D7538E #8ED753

tetradic

#538ED7 #D753D0 #D79C53 #53D75A

square

#538ED7 #D753D0 #D79C53 #53D75A

split-complementary

#538ED7 #D75A53 #D0D753

monochromatic

#21528E #2D6FC0 #538ED7 #85AFE3 #B6CFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#538ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#538ED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED7

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED7	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F93DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.127 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaee3',
    500: '#538ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed7;
$custom-light: #8eaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED7

secondary

#DDC6A9

accent

#9D42E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED7

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

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