#538ED9#538ED9

#538ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.129 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538ED9
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 3.66, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 44.25, 274.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0329 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.129 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7602, 26.1924, 69.3303)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538ED9 #D99E53

analogous

#53D1D9 #538ED9 #5B53D9

triadic

#538ED9 #D9538E #8ED953

tetradic

#538ED9 #D953D1 #D99E53 #53D95B

square

#538ED9 #D953D1 #D99E53 #53D95B

split-complementary

#538ED9 #D95B53 #D1D953

monochromatic

#205291 #2B6EC4 #538ED9 #85AFE4 #B7D0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#538ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#538ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538ED9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538ED9	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E93DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C86D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.129 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee5',
    500: '#538ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ed9;
$custom-light: #8faee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.582,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6404,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538ED9

secondary

#DEC7AA

accent

#9E41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538ED9

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

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