#53A1E1#53A1E1

#53A1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1E1
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -4.64, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 39.78, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0504 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.122 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8977, 32.7620, 75.9677)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1E1 #E19353

analogous

#53E1DA #53A1E1 #535AE1

triadic

#53A1E1 #E153A1 #A1E153

tetradic

#53A1E1 #DA53E1 #E19353 #5AE153

square

#53A1E1 #DA53E1 #E19353 #5AE153

split-complementary

#53A1E1 #E1535A #E1DA53

monochromatic

#1C639E #2584D2 #53A1E1 #87BDEA #BBDAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#53A1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1E1

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1E1	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcea',
    500: '#53a1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1e1;
$custom-light: #90bcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.042,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68675,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1E1

secondary

#E3C5AD

accent

#6913D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1E1

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

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