#538FE2#538FE2

#538FE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.140 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538FE2
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 6.08, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 48.35, 277.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0317 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.14 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1123, 26.9723, 75.7141)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538FE2 #E2A653

analogous

#53D6E2 #538FE2 #5E53E2

triadic

#538FE2 #E2538F #8FE253

tetradic

#538FE2 #E253D6 #E2A653 #53E25E

square

#538FE2 #E253D6 #E2A653 #53E25E

split-complementary

#538FE2 #E25E53 #D6E253

monochromatic

#1B53A0 #246ED4 #538FE2 #87B1EB #BCD3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#538FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#538FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538FE2

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538FE2	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B95E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.140 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90afeb',
    500: '#538fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538fe2;
$custom-light: #90afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.825,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64756,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538FE2

secondary

#E4CDAD

accent

#8212D3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538FE2

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

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