#53A4E9#53A4E9

#53A4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4E9
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -3.72, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 42.19, 264.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.051 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.129 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5452, 34.2699, 82.0273)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4E9 #E99853

analogous

#53E9E3 #53A4E9 #5359E9

triadic

#53A4E9 #E953A4 #A4E953

tetradic

#53A4E9 #E353E9 #E99853 #59E953

square

#53A4E9 #E353E9 #E99853 #59E953

split-complementary

#53A4E9 #E95359 #E9E353

monochromatic

#1667AC #1D87E2 #53A4E9 #89C1F0 #C0DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4E9

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4E9	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bef0',
    500: '#53a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4e9;
$custom-light: #91bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69745,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4E9

secondary

#E8CAB0

accent

#6B0CDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4E9

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

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