#538FA3#538FA3

#538FA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.069 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA3
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -13.88, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 21.65, 230.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0518 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.069 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9981, 24.1267, 38.2463)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA3 #A36753

analogous

#53A38F #538FA3 #5367A3

triadic

#538FA3 #A3538F #8FA353

tetradic

#538FA3 #8F53A3 #A36753 #67A353

square

#538FA3 #8F53A3 #A36753 #67A353

split-complementary

#538FA3 #A35367 #A38F53

monochromatic

#2A4852 #3E6B7A #538FA3 #79AABB #A1C4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#538FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#538FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA3

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA3	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.069 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afbe',
    500: '#538fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa3;
$custom-light: #89afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.06924,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA3

secondary

#BC9F95

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA3

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

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