#538EE2#538EE2

#538EE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.141 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EE2
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 6.68, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 48.87, 277.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0307 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.141 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9628, 26.6734, 75.6643)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EE2 #E2A753

analogous

#53D5E2 #538EE2 #5F53E2

triadic

#538EE2 #E2538E #8EE253

tetradic

#538EE2 #E253D5 #E2A753 #53E25F

square

#538EE2 #E253D5 #E2A753 #53E25F

split-complementary

#538EE2 #E25F53 #D5E253

monochromatic

#1B52A0 #246CD4 #538EE2 #87B0EB #BCD3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#538EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#538EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EE2

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EE2	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.141 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90aeeb',
    500: '#538ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ee2;
$custom-light: #90aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.245,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6454,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EE2

secondary

#E4CDAD

accent

#8412D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EE2

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

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