#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
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 30.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -2.92, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 42.53, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0493 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.13 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0477, 33.5027, 81.1587)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53A2E8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A2E8

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

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