#538FBD#538FBD

#538FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.094 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FBD
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -6.00, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 30.47, 258.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0423 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.094 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5717, 25.1561, 51.8004)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FBD #BD8153

analogous

#53BDB6 #538FBD #535ABD

triadic

#538FBD #BD538F #8FBD53

tetradic

#538FBD #B653BD #BD8153 #5ABD53

square

#538FBD #B653BD #BD8153 #5ABD53

split-complementary

#538FBD #BD535A #BDB653

monochromatic

#294F6C #3A7098 #538FBD #7FACCE #ABC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#538FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#538FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FBD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FBD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.094 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafd1',
    500: '#538fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fbd;
$custom-light: #8bafd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FBD

secondary

#CDB39F

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FBD

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

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