#53A2E0#53A2E0

#53A2E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2E0
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -5.53, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 38.98, 261.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0517 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.12 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9371, 33.0585, 75.3098)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2E0 #E09153

analogous

#53E0D7 #53A2E0 #535BE0

triadic

#53A2E0 #E053A2 #A2E053

tetradic

#53A2E0 #D753E0 #E09153 #5BE053

square

#53A2E0 #D753E0 #E09153 #5BE053

split-complementary

#53A2E0 #E0535B #E0D753

monochromatic

#1C649C #2685D0 #53A2E0 #87BEE9 #BBDAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#53A2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2E0

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2E0	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7395DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bdea',
    500: '#53a2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2e0;
$custom-light: #90bdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2E0

secondary

#E2C4AC

accent

#6714D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2E0

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

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