#538FD6#538FD6

#538FD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.124 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FD6
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 33.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 2.08, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 42.26, 272.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0348 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.124 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5230, 26.3366, 67.3437)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FD6 #D69A53

analogous

#53D0D6 #538FD6 #5853D6

triadic

#538FD6 #D6538F #8FD653

tetradic

#538FD6 #D653D0 #D69A53 #53D658

square

#538FD6 #D653D0 #D69A53 #53D658

split-complementary

#538FD6 #D65853 #D0D653

monochromatic

#22538D #2D70BE #538FD6 #84AFE2 #B6CFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#538FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#538FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FD6

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FD6	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7193D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.124 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eafe3',
    500: '#538fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fd6;
$custom-light: #8eafe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.519,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64099,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FD6

secondary

#DCC5A8

accent

#9B43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FD6

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

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