#53A5E8#53A5E8

#53A5E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E8
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -4.61, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 41.36, 263.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0523 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.127 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5824, 34.5723, 81.3370)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E8 #E89653

analogous

#53E8E1 #53A5E8 #535BE8

triadic

#53A5E8 #E853A5 #A5E853

tetradic

#53A5E8 #E153E8 #E89653 #5BE853

square

#53A5E8 #E153E8 #E89653 #5BE853

split-complementary

#53A5E8 #E8535B #E8E153

monochromatic

#1768AA #1E89E0 #53A5E8 #89C1EF #BFDDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#53A5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E8	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7398E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfef',
    500: '#53a5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e8;
$custom-light: #91bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.98,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69918,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E8

secondary

#E7C9B0

accent

#680DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E8

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

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