#53A0E8#53A0E8

#53A0E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0E8
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 31%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -1.78, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 43.35, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0473 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.131 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6982, 32.8037, 81.0422)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0E8 #E89B53

analogous

#53E8E5 #53A0E8 #5356E8

triadic

#53A0E8 #E853A0 #A0E853

tetradic

#53A0E8 #E553E8 #E89B53 #56E853

square

#53A0E8 #E553E8 #E89B53 #56E853

split-complementary

#53A0E8 #E85356 #E8E553

monochromatic

#1763AA #1E82E0 #53A0E8 #89BEEF #BFDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#53A0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0E8

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0E8	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbef',
    500: '#53a0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0e8;
$custom-light: #91bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.993,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0E8

secondary

#E7CAB0

accent

#6F0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0E8

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

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