#53A5E7#53A5E7

#53A5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E7
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -4.93, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 40.92, 263.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0526 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.126 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4408, 34.5156, 80.5910)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E7 #E79553

analogous

#53E7DF #53A5E7 #535BE7

triadic

#53A5E7 #E753A5 #A5E753

tetradic

#53A5E7 #DF53E7 #E79553 #5BE753

square

#53A5E7 #DF53E7 #E79553 #5BE753

split-complementary

#53A5E7 #E7535B #E7DF53

monochromatic

#1768A8 #1F89DE #53A5E7 #89C1EE #BEDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53A5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#53A5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E7

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E7	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfef',
    500: '#53a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e7;
$custom-light: #91bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.757,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69869,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E7

secondary

#E6C8AF

accent

#680ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E7

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

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