#53A5EA#53A5EA

#53A5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5EA
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -3.95, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 42.24, 264.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0518 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.13 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8681, 34.6866, 82.8417)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5EA #EA9853

analogous

#53EAE3 #53A5EA #535AEA

triadic

#53A5EA #EA53A5 #A5EA53

tetradic

#53A5EA #E353EA #EA9853 #5AEA53

square

#53A5EA #E353EA #EA9853 #5AEA53

split-complementary

#53A5EA #EA535A #EAE353

monochromatic

#1568AD #1C88E3 #53A5EA #8AC2F1 #C0DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#53A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5EA

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5EA	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bff1',
    500: '#53a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5ea;
$custom-light: #91bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.417,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70018,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5EA

secondary

#E8CAB1

accent

#6A0BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5EA

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

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