#538FA6#538FA6

#538FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.071 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA6
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -13.01, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 22.34, 234.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0506 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.071 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2701, 24.2355, 39.6787)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA6 #A66A53

analogous

#53A694 #538FA6 #5366A6

triadic

#538FA6 #A6538F #8FA653

tetradic

#538FA6 #9453A6 #A66A53 #66A653

square

#538FA6 #9453A6 #A66A53 #66A653

split-complementary

#538FA6 #A65366 #A69453

monochromatic

#2A4954 #3F6C7D #538FA6 #7AAABC #A3C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#538FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#538FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA6	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.071 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc0',
    500: '#538fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa6;
$custom-light: #89afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61824,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA6

secondary

#BEA297

accent

#7C5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA6

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

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