#53A4E3#53A4E3

#53A4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E3
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -5.68, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 39.55, 261.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0528 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.122 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7027, 33.9329, 77.5898)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E3 #E39253

analogous

#53E3DA #53A4E3 #535CE3

triadic

#53A4E3 #E353A4 #A4E353

tetradic

#53A4E3 #DA53E3 #E39253 #5CE353

square

#53A4E3 #DA53E3 #E39253 #5CE353

split-complementary

#53A4E3 #E3535C #E3DA53

monochromatic

#1A66A1 #2388D6 #53A4E3 #88C0EC #BCDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E3

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E3	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7497E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90beec',
    500: '#53a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e3;
$custom-light: #90beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69447,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E3

secondary

#E4C5AE

accent

#6711D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E3

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

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