#53A1E8#53A1E8

#53A1E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1E8
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -2.35, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 42.94, 266.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0483 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.13 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8722, 33.1518, 81.1002)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1E8 #E89A53

analogous

#53E8E5 #53A1E8 #5357E8

triadic

#53A1E8 #E853A1 #A1E853

tetradic

#53A1E8 #E553E8 #E89A53 #57E853

square

#53A1E8 #E553E8 #E89A53 #57E853

split-complementary

#53A1E8 #E85357 #E8E553

monochromatic

#1764AA #1E83E0 #53A1E8 #89BFEF #BFDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53A1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#53A1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1E8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1E8	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bcef',
    500: '#53a1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1e8;
$custom-light: #91bcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.591,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1E8

secondary

#E7CAB0

accent

#6E0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1E8

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

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