#538FD9#538FD9

#538FD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.128 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FD9
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 3.08, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 43.76, 274.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.034 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.128 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9096, 26.4913, 69.3801)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FD9 #D99D53

analogous

#53D2D9 #538FD9 #5A53D9

triadic

#538FD9 #D9538F #8FD953

tetradic

#538FD9 #D953D2 #D99D53 #53D95A

square

#538FD9 #D953D2 #D99D53 #53D95A

split-complementary

#538FD9 #D95A53 #D2D953

monochromatic

#205391 #2B6FC4 #538FD9 #85B0E4 #B7D0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#538FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#538FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FD9

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FD9	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F94DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D87D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.128 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafe5',
    500: '#538fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fd9;
$custom-light: #8fafe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.134,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6426,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FD9

secondary

#DEC7AA

accent

#9D41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FD9

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

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