#539DCD#539DCD

#539DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539DCD
RGB	rgb(83, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -8.83, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 32.75, 254.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0525 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.103 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6396, 30.3582, 62.2016)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539DCD #CD8353

analogous

#53CDC0 #539DCD #5360CD

triadic

#539DCD #CD539D #9DCD53

tetradic

#539DCD #C053CD #CD8353 #60CD53

square

#539DCD #C053CD #CD8353 #60CD53

split-complementary

#539DCD #CD5360 #CDC053

monochromatic

#255C80 #337FB0 #539DCD #82B8DB #B2D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#539DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#539DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #539DCD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539DCD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9dc',
    500: '#539dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539dcd;
$custom-light: #8db9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66807,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539DCD

secondary

#D7B9A5

accent

#844ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #539DCD

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

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