#53A5E2#53A5E2

#53A5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E2
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -6.56, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 38.77, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0542 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.12 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7447, 34.2372, 76.9249)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E2 #E29053

analogous

#53E2D7 #53A5E2 #535EE2

triadic

#53A5E2 #E253A5 #A5E253

tetradic

#53A5E2 #D753E2 #E29053 #5EE253

square

#53A5E2 #D753E2 #E29053 #5EE253

split-complementary

#53A5E2 #E2535E #E2D753

monochromatic

#1B67A0 #2489D4 #53A5E2 #87C0EB #BCDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E2	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfeb',
    500: '#53a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e2;
$custom-light: #90bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E2

secondary

#E4C4AD

accent

#6512D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E2

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

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