#53A0E1#53A0E1

#53A0E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E1
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -4.08, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 40.16, 264.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0493 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.123 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7236, 32.4139, 75.9096)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E1 #E19453

analogous

#53E1DB #53A0E1 #5359E1

triadic

#53A0E1 #E153A0 #A0E153

tetradic

#53A0E1 #DB53E1 #E19453 #59E153

square

#53A0E1 #DB53E1 #E19453 #59E153

split-complementary

#53A0E1 #E15359 #E1DB53

monochromatic

#1C629E #2583D2 #53A0E1 #87BDEA #BBDAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#53A0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E1

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E1	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbea',
    500: '#53a0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e1;
$custom-light: #90bbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.465,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68451,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E1

secondary

#E3C6AD

accent

#6B13D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E1

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

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