#538FA7#538FA7

#538FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.072 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA7
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -12.71, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 22.59, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0503 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.072 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3622, 24.2723, 40.1637)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA7 #A76B53

analogous

#53A795 #538FA7 #5365A7

triadic

#538FA7 #A7538F #8FA753

tetradic

#538FA7 #9553A7 #A76B53 #65A753

square

#538FA7 #9553A7 #A76B53 #65A753

split-complementary

#538FA7 #A75365 #A79553

monochromatic

#2A4955 #3F6C7E #538FA7 #7AAABD #A3C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#538FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#538FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA7

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA7	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)

#828CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.072 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc1',
    500: '#538fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa7;
$custom-light: #89afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61866,
    "c": 0.07212,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA7

secondary

#BFA297

accent

#7D5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA7

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

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