#53A0E2#53A0E2

#53A0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E2
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -3.75, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 40.61, 264.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.049 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.124 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8604, 32.4686, 76.6302)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E2 #E29553

analogous

#53E2DC #53A0E2 #5358E2

triadic

#53A0E2 #E253A0 #A0E253

tetradic

#53A0E2 #DC53E2 #E29553 #58E253

square

#53A0E2 #DC53E2 #E29553 #58E253

split-complementary

#53A0E2 #E25358 #E2DC53

monochromatic

#1B62A0 #2483D4 #53A0E2 #87BDEB #BCDAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#53A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E2

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E2	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbeb',
    500: '#53a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e2;
$custom-light: #90bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E2

secondary

#E4C6AD

accent

#6B12D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E2

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

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