#53A2E6#53A2E6

#53A2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2E6
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -3.57, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 41.63, 265.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0499 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.127 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7652, 33.3898, 79.6711)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2E6 #E69753

analogous

#53E6E0 #53A2E6 #5359E6

triadic

#53A2E6 #E653A2 #A2E653

tetradic

#53A2E6 #E053E6 #E69753 #59E653

square

#53A2E6 #E053E6 #E69753 #59E653

split-complementary

#53A2E6 #E65359 #E6E053

monochromatic

#1865A6 #2085DC #53A2E6 #88BFEE #BEDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53A2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#53A2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2E6

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2E6	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bdee',
    500: '#53a2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2e6;
$custom-light: #91bdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69149,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2E6

secondary

#E6C8AF

accent

#6B0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2E6

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

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