#53A5E9#53A5E9

#53A5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5E9
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -4.28, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 41.80, 264.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.052 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.128 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7249, 34.6293, 82.0872)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5E9 #E99753

analogous

#53E9E2 #53A5E9 #535AE9

triadic

#53A5E9 #E953A5 #A5E953

tetradic

#53A5E9 #E253E9 #E99753 #5AE953

square

#53A5E9 #E253E9 #E99753 #5AE953

split-complementary

#53A5E9 #E9535A #E9E253

monochromatic

#1668AC #1D89E2 #53A5E9 #89C1F0 #C0DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53A5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5E9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5E9	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bff0',
    500: '#53a5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5e9;
$custom-light: #91bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5E9

secondary

#E8C9B0

accent

#690CDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5E9

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

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