#53A0E3#53A0E3

#53A0E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E3
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -3.43, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 41.06, 265.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0487 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.125 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9981, 32.5237, 77.3549)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E3 #E39653

analogous

#53E3DE #53A0E3 #5358E3

triadic

#53A0E3 #E353A0 #A0E353

tetradic

#53A0E3 #DE53E3 #E39653 #58E353

square

#53A0E3 #DE53E3 #E39653 #58E353

split-complementary

#53A0E3 #E35358 #E3DE53

monochromatic

#1A62A1 #2383D6 #53A0E3 #88BDEC #BCDAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#53A0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E3

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E3	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbec',
    500: '#53a0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e3;
$custom-light: #90bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.917,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68551,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E3

secondary

#E4C7AE

accent

#6C11D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E3

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

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