#538EE0#538EE0

#538EE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.138 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EE0
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 6.00, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 47.83, 277.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0312 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.138 257)
XYZ	xyz(26.6900, 26.5643, 74.2274)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EE0 #E0A553

analogous

#53D4E0 #538EE0 #5F53E0

triadic

#538EE0 #E0538E #8EE053

tetradic

#538EE0 #E053D4 #E0A553 #53E05F

square

#538EE0 #E053D4 #E0A553 #53E05F

split-complementary

#538EE0 #E05F53 #D4E053

monochromatic

#1C529C #266DD0 #538EE0 #87B0E9 #BBD2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#538EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#538EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EE0

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EE0	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A94E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5787DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.138 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90aeea',
    500: '#538ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ee0;
$custom-light: #90aeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.894,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64427,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.26567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EE0

secondary

#E2CCAC

accent

#8214D1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EE0

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

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