#53A0E0#53A0E0

#53A0E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.122 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E0
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 224)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -4.41, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 39.72, 263.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0496 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.122 246)
XYZ	xyz(29.5876, 32.3595, 75.1933)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E0 #E09353

analogous

#53E0D9 #53A0E0 #5359E0

triadic

#53A0E0 #E053A0 #A0E053

tetradic

#53A0E0 #D953E0 #E09353 #59E053

square

#53A0E0 #D953E0 #E09353 #59E053

split-complementary

#53A0E0 #E05359 #E0D953

monochromatic

#1C629C #2683D0 #53A0E0 #87BDE9 #BBD9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A0E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#53A0E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E0

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E0	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7194DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.122 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbea',
    500: '#53a0e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e0;
$custom-light: #90bbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.234,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68401,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.32362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E0

secondary

#E2C5AC

accent

#6A14D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E0

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

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