#538FA8#538FA8

#538FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.073 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA8
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -12.42, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 22.86, 237.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0499 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.073 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4550, 24.3094, 40.6525)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA8 #A86C53

analogous

#53A897 #538FA8 #5365A8

triadic

#538FA8 #A8538F #8FA853

tetradic

#538FA8 #9753A8 #A86C53 #65A853

square

#538FA8 #9753A8 #A86C53 #65A853

split-complementary

#538FA8 #A85365 #A89753

monochromatic

#2B4956 #3F6C7F #538FA8 #7BAABE #A4C4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#538FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#538FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA8	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7583A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.073 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc2',
    500: '#538fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa8;
$custom-light: #89afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61907,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA8

secondary

#BFA398

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA8

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

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