Color

#538dca

#538dca
hex#538dca
rgbrgb(83, 141, 202)
hslhsl(211, 53%, 56%)
oklchoklch(0.63 0.111 251.1)
Closest name: Blue Jay (#5588dd)Relative luminance 0.2515

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ca9153

#53c8ca · #5553ca

#ca538d · #8dca53

Split-complementary

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#ca5553 · #c8ca53

#ca53c8 · #ca9153 · #53ca55

Contrast

#538dca as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.48:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #3a78bb as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #2b5a8c as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.62:1)
Aaon black
6.03:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #679ad0 as the text (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #538dca as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#538dca reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #538dca
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #538dca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/538dca-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md