#538FA1#538FA1

#538FA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.068 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA1
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 161)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -14.46, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 21.25, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0526 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.068 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8204, 24.0556, 37.3100)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA1 #A16553

analogous

#53A18C #538FA1 #5368A1

triadic

#538FA1 #A1538F #8FA153

tetradic

#538FA1 #8C53A1 #A16553 #68A153

square

#538FA1 #8C53A1 #A16553 #68A153

split-complementary

#538FA1 #A15368 #A18C53

monochromatic

#294750 #3E6B79 #538FA1 #78AAB9 #A0C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#538FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#538FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA1

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA1	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.068 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afbc',
    500: '#538fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa1;
$custom-light: #88afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA1

secondary

#BB9D94

accent

#7860C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA1

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

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