#53A2E8#53A2E8

#53A2E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A2E8
RGBrgb(83, 162, 232)
HSLhsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(208, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 30.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.57, -2.92, -42.43)
CIE-LCHlch(64.57, 42.53, 266.07°)
OKLaboklab(69.25% -0.0493 -0.1198)
OKLCHoklch(69.25% 0.13 247.6)
XYZxyz(31.0477, 33.5027, 81.1587)
Luminance0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A2E8 #E89953
analogous
#53E8E4 #53A2E8 #5358E8
triadic
#53A2E8 #E853A2 #A2E853
tetradic
#53A2E8 #E453E8 #E89953 #58E853
square
#53A2E8 #E453E8 #E89953 #58E853
split-complementary
#53A2E8 #E85358 #E8E453
monochromatic
#1765AA #1E85E0 #53A2E8 #89BFEF #BFDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#53A2E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70
#53A2E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2E8
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A2E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A2E81.002.737.707.70
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7021.001.001.00
##0000007.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83A5EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F96E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 247.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bdef',
    500: '#53a2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a2e8;
$custom-light: #91bdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.188,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A2E8
secondary
#E7CAB0
accent
#6D0DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53A2E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva