#538FA9#538FA9

#538FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.074 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FA9
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -12.12, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 23.14, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0495 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.074 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5485, 24.3468, 41.1450)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FA9 #A96D53

analogous

#53A998 #538FA9 #5364A9

triadic

#538FA9 #A9538F #8FA953

tetradic

#538FA9 #9853A9 #A96D53 #64A953

square

#538FA9 #9853A9 #A96D53 #64A953

split-complementary

#538FA9 #A95364 #A99853

monochromatic

#2B4A57 #3F6C80 #538FA9 #7BAABE #A4C4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#538FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#538FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FA9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FA9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7583A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.074 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc2',
    500: '#538fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fa9;
$custom-light: #89afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61949,
    "c": 0.07372,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FA9

secondary

#C0A498

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FA9

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

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