#53A6E1#53A6E1

#53A6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6E1
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -7.44, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 38.02, 258.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0555 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.119 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7890, 34.5446, 76.2647)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6E1 #E18E53

analogous

#53E1D5 #53A6E1 #535FE1

triadic

#53A6E1 #E153A6 #A6E153

tetradic

#53A6E1 #D553E1 #E18E53 #5FE153

square

#53A6E1 #D553E1 #E18E53 #5FE153

split-complementary

#53A6E1 #E1535F #E1D553

monochromatic

#1C689E #258AD2 #53A6E1 #87C1EA #BBDCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53A6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#53A6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6E1

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6E1	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#8CA7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7899E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0ea',
    500: '#53a6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6e1;
$custom-light: #90c0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.698,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6E1

secondary

#E3C3AD

accent

#6313D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6E1

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

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