#53A0E5#53A0E5

#53A0E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E5
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -2.77, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 41.97, 266.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0482 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.128 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2757, 32.6347, 78.8171)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E5 #E59853

analogous

#53E5E1 #53A0E5 #5357E5

triadic

#53A0E5 #E553A0 #A0E553

tetradic

#53A0E5 #E153E5 #E59853 #57E553

square

#53A0E5 #E153E5 #E59853 #57E553

split-complementary

#53A0E5 #E55357 #E5E153

monochromatic

#1963A5 #2182DA #53A0E5 #88BDED #BDDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#53A0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E5

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E5	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbed',
    500: '#53a0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e5;
$custom-light: #91bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.356,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68653,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E5

secondary

#E5C8AE

accent

#6D10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E5

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

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