#538FDE#538FDE

#538FDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.135 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FDE
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 4.74, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 46.30, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0327 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.135 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5698, 26.7553, 72.8572)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FDE #DEA253

analogous

#53D4DE #538FDE #5D53DE

triadic

#538FDE #DE538F #8FDE53

tetradic

#538FDE #DE53D4 #DEA253 #53DE5D

square

#538FDE #DE53D4 #DEA253 #53DE5D

split-complementary

#538FDE #DE5D53 #D4DE53

monochromatic

#1D5399 #276FCD #538FDE #86B0E8 #BAD2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#538FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#538FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FDE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FDE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D95E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A87DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.135 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafe8',
    500: '#538fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fde;
$custom-light: #8fafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.101,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64533,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FDE

secondary

#E1CAAC

accent

#A03DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FDE

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

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