#53A4E6#53A4E6

#53A4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E6
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -4.70, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 40.86, 263.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0519 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.126 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1203, 34.1000, 79.7895)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E6 #E69553

analogous

#53E6DF #53A4E6 #535BE6

triadic

#53A4E6 #E653A4 #A4E653

tetradic

#53A4E6 #DF53E6 #E69553 #5BE653

square

#53A4E6 #DF53E6 #E69553 #5BE653

split-complementary

#53A4E6 #E6535B #E6DF53

monochromatic

#1867A6 #2087DC #53A4E6 #88C0EE #BEDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#53A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E6	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beee',
    500: '#53a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e6;
$custom-light: #91beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69595,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E6

secondary

#E6C8AF

accent

#690FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E6

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

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