#53A4E1#53A4E1

#53A4E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E1
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -6.33, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 38.70, 260.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0535 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.12 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4282, 33.8231, 76.1445)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E1 #E19053

analogous

#53E1D7 #53A4E1 #535DE1

triadic

#53A4E1 #E153A4 #A4E153

tetradic

#53A4E1 #D753E1 #E19053 #5DE153

square

#53A4E1 #D753E1 #E19053 #5DE153

split-complementary

#53A4E1 #E1535D #E1D753

monochromatic

#1C669E #2588D2 #53A4E1 #87C0EA #BBDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#53A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E1

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E1	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)

#89A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90beea',
    500: '#53a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e1;
$custom-light: #90beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.775,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69349,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E1

secondary

#E3C4AD

accent

#6513D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E1

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

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