#538FD8#538FD8

#538FD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.127 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FD8
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 2.74, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 43.26, 273.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0342 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.127 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7799, 26.4394, 68.6972)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FD8 #D89C53

analogous

#53D2D8 #538FD8 #5953D8

triadic

#538FD8 #D8538F #8FD853

tetradic

#538FD8 #D853D2 #D89C53 #53D859

square

#538FD8 #D853D2 #D89C53 #53D859

split-complementary

#538FD8 #D85953 #D2D853

monochromatic

#215390 #2C70C2 #538FD8 #85AFE3 #B7D0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#538FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#538FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FD8

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FD8	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7094DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.127 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafe4',
    500: '#538fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fd8;
$custom-light: #8fafe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.932,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FD8

secondary

#DEC6A9

accent

#9C42E6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FD8

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

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