#53A5E6#53A5E6

#53A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E6
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -5.26, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 40.48, 262.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0529 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.125 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3000, 34.4593, 79.8494)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E6 #E69453

analogous

#53E6DE #53A5E6 #535CE6

triadic

#53A5E6 #E653A5 #A5E653

tetradic

#53A5E6 #DE53E6 #E69453 #5CE653

square

#53A5E6 #DE53E6 #E69453 #5CE653

split-complementary

#53A5E6 #E6535C #E6DE53

monochromatic

#1868A6 #2089DC #53A5E6 #88C1EE #BEDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53A5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#53A5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E6

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E6	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfee',
    500: '#53a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e6;
$custom-light: #91bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.531,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E6

secondary

#E6C7AF

accent

#670FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E6

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

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