#53A5E4#53A5E4

#53A5E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E4
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -5.91, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 39.62, 261.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0536 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.123 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0207, 34.3476, 78.3787)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E4 #E49253

analogous

#53E4DA #53A5E4 #535CE4

triadic

#53A5E4 #E453A5 #A5E453

tetradic

#53A5E4 #DA53E4 #E49253 #5CE453

square

#53A5E4 #DA53E4 #E49253 #5CE453

split-complementary

#53A5E4 #E4535C #E4DA53

monochromatic

#1A67A3 #2289D8 #53A5E4 #88C1EC #BDDCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#53A5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E4

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E4	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfec',
    500: '#53a5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e4;
$custom-light: #91bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E4

secondary

#E5C6AE

accent

#6611D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E4

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

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