#538EDA#538EDA

#538EDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.130 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EDA
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 4.00, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 44.76, 275.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0327 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.13 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8906, 26.2445, 70.0174)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EDA #DA9F53

analogous

#53D1DA #538EDA #5C53DA

triadic

#538EDA #DA538E #8EDA53

tetradic

#538EDA #DA53D1 #DA9F53 #53DA5C

square

#538EDA #DA53D1 #DA9F53 #53DA5C

split-complementary

#538EDA #DA5C53 #D1DA53

monochromatic

#205293 #2A6EC5 #538EDA #85AFE5 #B8D0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#538EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#538EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EDA

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EDA	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D93DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.130 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee6',
    500: '#538eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538eda;
$custom-light: #8faee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64095,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EDA

secondary

#DFC8AA

accent

#9E40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EDA

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

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