#538FCD#538FCD

#538FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FCD
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -0.87, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 37.83, 268.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0373 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.113 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4052, 25.8895, 61.4568)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FCD #CD9153

analogous

#53CCCD #538FCD #5453CD

triadic

#538FCD #CD538F #8FCD53

tetradic

#538FCD #CD53CC #CD9153 #53CD54

square

#538FCD #CD53CC #CD9153 #53CD54

split-complementary

#538FCD #CD5453 #CCCD53

monochromatic

#255280 #3370B0 #538FCD #82AEDB #B2CDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#538FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#538FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FCD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FCD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7592D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafdc',
    500: '#538fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fcd;
$custom-light: #8dafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.492,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63628,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FCD

secondary

#D7BEA5

accent

#954ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FCD

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

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