#539BAE#539BAE

#539BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.077 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539BAE
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -17.17, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 24.04, 224.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0617 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.077 217)
XYZ	xyz(22.9257, 28.3357, 44.2974)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539BAE #AE6653

analogous

#53AE93 #539BAE #536EAE

triadic

#539BAE #AE539B #9BAE53

tetradic

#539BAE #9353AE #AE6653 #6EAE53

square

#539BAE #9353AE #AE6653 #6EAE53

split-complementary

#539BAE #AE536E #AE9353

monochromatic

#2B515C #3F7685 #539BAE #7DB3C2 #A6CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#539BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#539BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539BAE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539BAE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.077 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8c6',
    500: '#539bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539bae;
$custom-light: #8ab8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.28338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539BAE

secondary

#C3A39A

accent

#735CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #539BAE

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

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