#53A4E4#53A4E4

#53A4E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E4
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -5.35, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 39.98, 262.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0525 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.123 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8411, 33.9883, 78.3188)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E4 #E49353

analogous

#53E4DB #53A4E4 #535BE4

triadic

#53A4E4 #E453A4 #A4E453

tetradic

#53A4E4 #DB53E4 #E49353 #5BE453

square

#53A4E4 #DB53E4 #E49353 #5BE453

split-complementary

#53A4E4 #E4535B #E4DB53

monochromatic

#1A66A3 #2288D8 #53A4E4 #88C0EC #BDDCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#53A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E4

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E4	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7497E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beec',
    500: '#53a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e4;
$custom-light: #91beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.483,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69496,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E4

secondary

#E5C6AE

accent

#6711D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E4

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

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