#539EAD#539EAD

#539EAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.078 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539EAD
RGB	rgb(83, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -19.04, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 24.22, 218.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0656 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.078 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3340, 29.3078, 43.9544)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539EAD #AD6253

analogous

#53AD8F #539EAD #5371AD

triadic

#539EAD #AD539E #9EAD53

tetradic

#539EAD #8F53AD #AD6253 #71AD53

square

#539EAD #8F53AD #AD6253 #71AD53

split-complementary

#539EAD #AD5371 #AD8F53

monochromatic

#2B535A #3F7884 #539EAD #7CB5C1 #A6CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#539EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#539EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539EAD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539EAD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.078 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abac5',
    500: '#539ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539ead;
$custom-light: #8abac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65684,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539EAD

secondary

#C2A09A

accent

#6F5CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #539EAD

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

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