#538FAD#538FAD

#538FAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.077 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FAD
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -10.93, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 24.35, 243.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.048 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.077 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9298, 24.4993, 43.1530)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538FAD #AD7153

analogous

#53AD9E #538FAD #5362AD

triadic

#538FAD #AD538F #8FAD53

tetradic

#538FAD #9E53AD #AD7153 #62AD53

square

#538FAD #9E53AD #AD7153 #62AD53

split-complementary

#538FAD #AD5362 #AD9E53

monochromatic

#2B4B5A #3F6D84 #538FAD #7CAAC1 #A6C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#538FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#538FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FAD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FAD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.077 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afc5',
    500: '#538fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fad;
$custom-light: #89afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62119,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FAD

secondary

#C2A79A

accent

#815CCB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FAD

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

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