#538EDE#538EDE

#538EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.136 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EDE
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 5.33, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 46.80, 276.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0317 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.136 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4204, 26.4564, 72.8073)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EDE #DEA353

analogous

#53D4DE #538EDE #5D53DE

triadic

#538EDE #DE538E #8EDE53

tetradic

#538EDE #DE53D4 #DEA353 #53DE5D

square

#538EDE #DE53D4 #DEA353 #53DE5D

split-complementary

#538EDE #DE5D53 #D4DE53

monochromatic

#1D5299 #276DCD #538EDE #86B0E8 #BAD1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#538EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#538EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EDE

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EDE	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B94E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5887DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.136 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faee8',
    500: '#538ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ede;
$custom-light: #8faee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.532,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EDE

secondary

#E1CAAC

accent

#A13DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EDE

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

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