#538FA4#538FA4

#538FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.070 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA4
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -13.59, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 21.86, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0514 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.07 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0881, 24.1626, 38.7200)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA4 #A46853

analogous

#53A490 #538FA4 #5366A4

triadic

#538FA4 #A4538F #8FA453

tetradic

#538FA4 #9053A4 #A46853 #66A453

square

#538FA4 #9053A4 #A46853 #66A453

split-complementary

#538FA4 #A45366 #A49053

monochromatic

#2A4853 #3E6C7B #538FA4 #79AABB #A2C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#538FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#538FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA4	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)

#838CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.070 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afbf',
    500: '#538fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa4;
$custom-light: #89afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61743,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA4

secondary

#BDA096

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA4

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

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