#53A0E6#53A0E6

#53A0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E6
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -2.44, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 42.43, 266.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0479 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.129 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4157, 32.6908, 79.5546)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E6 #E69953

analogous

#53E6E2 #53A0E6 #5357E6

triadic

#53A0E6 #E653A0 #A0E653

tetradic

#53A0E6 #E253E6 #E69953 #57E653

square

#53A0E6 #E253E6 #E69953 #57E653

split-complementary

#53A0E6 #E65357 #E6E253

monochromatic

#1863A6 #2082DC #53A0E6 #88BEEE #BEDBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#53A0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E6

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E6	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D94E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbee',
    500: '#53a0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e6;
$custom-light: #91bbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68703,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E6

secondary

#E6C9AF

accent

#6E0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E6

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

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