#538FD5#538FD5

#538FD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.123 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FD5
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 32.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, 1.75, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 41.76, 272.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.035 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.123 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3957, 26.2857, 66.6732)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FD5 #D59953

analogous

#53D0D5 #538FD5 #5853D5

triadic

#538FD5 #D5538F #8FD553

tetradic

#538FD5 #D553D0 #D59953 #53D558

square

#538FD5 #D553D0 #D59953 #53D558

split-complementary

#538FD5 #D55853 #D0D553

monochromatic

#22538C #2E70BD #538FD5 #84AFE1 #B5CFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#538FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#538FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FD5

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FD5	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7193D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.123 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eafe2',
    500: '#538fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fd5;
$custom-light: #8eafe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64045,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FD5

secondary

#DCC4A8

accent

#9A44E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →