#53A4E0#53A4E0

#53A4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E0
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -6.65, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 38.27, 260.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0538 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.119 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2922, 33.7687, 75.4282)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E0 #E08F53

analogous

#53E0D6 #53A4E0 #535DE0

triadic

#53A4E0 #E053A4 #A4E053

tetradic

#53A4E0 #D653E0 #E08F53 #5DE053

square

#53A4E0 #D653E0 #E08F53 #5DE053

split-complementary

#53A4E0 #E0535D #E0D653

monochromatic

#1C669C #2688D0 #53A4E0 #87BFE9 #BBDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#53A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E0	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)

#89A5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90beea',
    500: '#53a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e0;
$custom-light: #90beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69301,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E0

secondary

#E2C3AC

accent

#6514D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E0

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

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