#53A0E4#53A0E4

#53A0E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E4
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -3.10, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 41.52, 265.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0484 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.127 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1365, 32.5791, 78.0839)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E4 #E49753

analogous

#53E4DF #53A0E4 #5357E4

triadic

#53A0E4 #E453A0 #A0E453

tetradic

#53A0E4 #DF53E4 #E49753 #57E453

square

#53A0E4 #DF53E4 #E49753 #57E453

split-complementary

#53A0E4 #E45357 #E4DF53

monochromatic

#1A63A3 #2283D8 #53A0E4 #88BDEC #BDDAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#53A0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbed',
    500: '#53a0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e4;
$custom-light: #90bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.138,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68602,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E4

secondary

#E5C8AE

accent

#6D11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E4

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

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