#53A6E3#53A6E3

#53A6E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6E3
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -6.79, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 38.85, 259.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0549 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.121 243)
XYZ	xyz(31.0634, 34.6544, 77.7101)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6E3 #E39053

analogous

#53E3D8 #53A6E3 #535EE3

triadic

#53A6E3 #E353A6 #A6E353

tetradic

#53A6E3 #D853E3 #E39053 #5EE353

square

#53A6E3 #D853E3 #E39053 #5EE353

split-complementary

#53A6E3 #E3535E #E3D853

monochromatic

#1A68A1 #238AD6 #53A6E3 #88C1EC #BCDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53A6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6E3

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6E3	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)

#8BA7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0ec',
    500: '#53a6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6e3;
$custom-light: #90c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.417,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69897,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6E3

secondary

#E4C5AE

accent

#6411D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6E3

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

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