#538ED8#538ED8

#538ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.128 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED8
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 3.33, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 43.74, 274.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0332 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.128 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.6305, 26.1405, 68.6473)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED8 #D89D53

analogous

#53D1D8 #538ED8 #5A53D8

triadic

#538ED8 #D8538E #8ED853

tetradic

#538ED8 #D853D1 #D89D53 #53D85A

square

#538ED8 #D853D1 #D89D53 #53D85A

split-complementary

#538ED8 #D85A53 #D1D853

monochromatic

#215290 #2C6EC2 #538ED8 #85AFE3 #B7D0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#538ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#538ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED8	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E93DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.128 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee4',
    500: '#538ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed8;
$custom-light: #8faee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.383,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED8

secondary

#DEC6A9

accent

#9D42E6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED8

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

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