#53A1E3#53A1E3

#53A1E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1E3
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -3.99, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 40.67, 264.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0498 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.125 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1721, 32.8718, 77.4130)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1E3 #E39553

analogous

#53E3DD #53A1E3 #5359E3

triadic

#53A1E3 #E353A1 #A1E353

tetradic

#53A1E3 #DD53E3 #E39553 #59E353

square

#53A1E3 #DD53E3 #E39553 #59E353

split-complementary

#53A1E3 #E35359 #E3DD53

monochromatic

#1A63A1 #2384D6 #53A1E3 #88BEEC #BCDBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A1E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#53A1E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1E3

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1E3	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7095E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcec',
    500: '#53a1e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1e3;
$custom-light: #90bcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68775,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1E3

secondary

#E4C7AE

accent

#6B11D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1E3

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

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