#538FDC#538FDC

#538FDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.132 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FDC
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 35%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 4.07, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 45.28, 275.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0332 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.132 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3034, 26.6488, 71.4538)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FDC #DCA053

analogous

#53D3DC #538FDC #5C53DC

triadic

#538FDC #DC538F #8FDC53

tetradic

#538FDC #DC53D3 #DCA053 #53DC5C

square

#538FDC #DC53D3 #DCA053 #53DC5C

split-complementary

#538FDC #DC5C53 #D3DC53

monochromatic

#1F5396 #296FC9 #538FDC #86B0E6 #B9D1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#538FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#538FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FDC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FDC	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E94DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.132 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafe7',
    500: '#538fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fdc;
$custom-light: #8fafe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.723,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FDC

secondary

#E0C9AB

accent

#9E3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FDC

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

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