#53A4E8#53A4E8

#53A4E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.128 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E8
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -4.05, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 41.74, 264.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0513 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.128 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4028, 34.2130, 81.2771)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E8 #E89753

analogous

#53E8E2 #53A4E8 #535AE8

triadic

#53A4E8 #E853A4 #A4E853

tetradic

#53A4E8 #E253E8 #E89753 #5AE853

square

#53A4E8 #E253E8 #E89753 #5AE853

split-complementary

#53A4E8 #E8535A #E8E253

monochromatic

#1767AA #1E87E0 #53A4E8 #89C1EF #BFDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#53A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.128 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beef',
    500: '#53a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e8;
$custom-light: #91beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.383,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E8

secondary

#E7C9B0

accent

#6A0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E8

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

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