#538EDC#538EDC

#538EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.133 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EDC
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 4.66, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 45.78, 275.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0322 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.133 256)
XYZ	xyz(26.1539, 26.3499, 71.4040)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EDC #DCA153

analogous

#53D2DC #538EDC #5D53DC

triadic

#538EDC #DC538E #8EDC53

tetradic

#538EDC #DC53D2 #DCA153 #53DC5D

square

#538EDC #DC53D2 #DCA153 #53DC5D

split-complementary

#538EDC #DC5D53 #D2DC53

monochromatic

#1F5296 #296EC9 #538EDC #86AFE6 #B9D1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#538EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#538EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EDC

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EDC	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.133 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee7',
    500: '#538edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538edc;
$custom-light: #8faee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.161,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EDC

secondary

#E0C9AB

accent

#A03FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EDC

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

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