#538FBA#538FBA

#538FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.090 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FBA
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 186)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -6.94, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 29.21, 256.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0433 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.09 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2494, 25.0272, 50.1031)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538FBA #BA7E53

analogous

#53BAB2 #538FBA #535BBA

triadic

#538FBA #BA538F #8FBA53

tetradic

#538FBA #B253BA #BA7E53 #5BBA53

square

#538FBA #B253BA #BA7E53 #5BBA53

split-complementary

#538FBA #BA535B #BAB253

monochromatic

#2A4E69 #3B6F94 #538FBA #7FABCC #AAC8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#538FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#538FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FBA

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FBA	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.090 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafcf',
    500: '#538fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fba;
$custom-light: #8bafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.049,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.627,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FBA

secondary

#CBB19E

accent

#8A55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FBA

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

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