#53A3E8#53A3E8

#53A3E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3E8
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 29.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -3.48, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 42.13, 265.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0503 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.129 247)
XYZ	xyz(31.2245, 33.8564, 81.2177)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3E8 #E89853

analogous

#53E8E2 #53A3E8 #5359E8

triadic

#53A3E8 #E853A3 #A3E853

tetradic

#53A3E8 #E253E8 #E89853 #59E853

square

#53A3E8 #E253E8 #E89853 #59E853

split-complementary

#53A3E8 #E85359 #E8E253

monochromatic

#1766AA #1E86E0 #53A3E8 #89C0EF #BFDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#53A3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3E8

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3E8	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7097E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beef',
    500: '#53a3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3e8;
$custom-light: #91beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.785,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69472,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.3386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3E8

secondary

#E7C9B0

accent

#6B0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3E8

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

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