#538FC8#538FC8

#538FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FC8
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -2.50, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 35.44, 265.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0388 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.107 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8113, 25.6519, 58.3289)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FC8 #C88C53

analogous

#53C8C7 #538FC8 #5354C8

triadic

#538FC8 #C8538F #8FC853

tetradic

#538FC8 #C753C8 #C88C53 #54C853

square

#538FC8 #C753C8 #C88C53 #54C853

split-complementary

#538FC8 #C85354 #C8C753

monochromatic

#27517A #3670A8 #538FC8 #81ADD7 #B0CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#538FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#538FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FC8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FC8	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7791CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cafd9',
    500: '#538fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fc8;
$custom-light: #8cafd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FC8

secondary

#D4BBA3

accent

#924DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FC8

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

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