#53A3E6#53A3E6

#53A3E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3E6
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -4.14, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 41.24, 264.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0509 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.126 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9421, 33.7435, 79.7300)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3E6 #E69653

analogous

#53E6E0 #53A3E6 #535AE6

triadic

#53A3E6 #E653A3 #A3E653

tetradic

#53A3E6 #E053E6 #E69653 #5AE653

square

#53A3E6 #E053E6 #E69653 #5AE653

split-complementary

#53A3E6 #E6535A #E6E053

monochromatic

#1866A6 #2086DC #53A3E6 #88C0EE #BEDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53A3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#53A3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3E6

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3E6	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beee',
    500: '#53a3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3e6;
$custom-light: #91beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.347,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3E6

secondary

#E6C8AF

accent

#6A0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3E6

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

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