#53A4E2#53A4E2

#53A4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E2
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -6.00, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 39.12, 261.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0531 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.121 244)
XYZ	xyz(30.5651, 33.8779, 76.8651)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E2 #E29153

analogous

#53E2D8 #53A4E2 #535CE2

triadic

#53A4E2 #E253A4 #A4E253

tetradic

#53A4E2 #D853E2 #E29153 #5CE253

square

#53A4E2 #D853E2 #E29153 #5CE253

split-complementary

#53A4E2 #E2535C #E2D853

monochromatic

#1B66A0 #2488D4 #53A4E2 #87C0EB #BCDBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#53A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E2

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E2	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90beeb',
    500: '#53a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e2;
$custom-light: #90beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69398,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.33881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E2

secondary

#E4C5AD

accent

#6612D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E2

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

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