#53A5E3#53A5E3

#53A5E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E3
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -6.24, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 39.20, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0539 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.122 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8823, 34.2922, 77.6497)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E3 #E39153

analogous

#53E3D9 #53A5E3 #535DE3

triadic

#53A5E3 #E353A5 #A5E353

tetradic

#53A5E3 #D953E3 #E39153 #5DE353

square

#53A5E3 #D953E3 #E39153 #5DE353

split-complementary

#53A5E3 #E3535D #E3D953

monochromatic

#1A67A1 #2389D6 #53A5E3 #88C1EC #BCDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#53A5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfec',
    500: '#53a5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e3;
$custom-light: #90bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E3

secondary

#E4C5AE

accent

#6511D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E3

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

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