#539CC8#539CC8

#539CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539CC8
RGB	rgb(83, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -9.85, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 31.10, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0531 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.098 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8772, 29.7837, 59.0175)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539CC8 #C87F53

analogous

#53C8B9 #539CC8 #5361C8

triadic

#539CC8 #C8539C #9CC853

tetradic

#539CC8 #B953C8 #C87F53 #61C853

square

#539CC8 #B953C8 #C87F53 #61C853

split-complementary

#539CC8 #C85361 #C8B953

monochromatic

#275B7A #367DA8 #539CC8 #81B7D7 #B0D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#539CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#539CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539CC8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539CC8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d9',
    500: '#539cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539cc8;
$custom-light: #8db9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.564,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539CC8

secondary

#D4B5A3

accent

#824DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #539CC8

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

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