#539BCD#539BCD

#539BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539BCD
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -7.71, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 33.34, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0503 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.104 241)
XYZ	xyz(26.3040, 29.6870, 62.0897)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539BCD #CD8553

analogous

#53CDC2 #539BCD #535ECD

triadic

#539BCD #CD539B #9BCD53

tetradic

#539BCD #C253CD #CD8553 #5ECD53

square

#539BCD #C253CD #CD8553 #5ECD53

split-complementary

#539BCD #CD535E #CDC253

monochromatic

#255B80 #337DB0 #539BCD #82B7DB #B2D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#539BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#539BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539BCD

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539BCD	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8dc',
    500: '#539bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539bcd;
$custom-light: #8db8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66349,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.29689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539BCD

secondary

#D7B9A5

accent

#864ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #539BCD

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

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