#53A7E5#53A7E5

#53A7E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7E5
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -6.70, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 39.35, 260.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0553 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.122 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5235, 35.1304, 79.2331)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7E5 #E59153

analogous

#53E5DA #53A7E5 #535EE5

triadic

#53A7E5 #E553A7 #A7E553

tetradic

#53A7E5 #DA53E5 #E59153 #5EE553

square

#53A7E5 #DA53E5 #E59153 #5EE553

split-complementary

#53A7E5 #E5535E #E5DA53

monochromatic

#1969A5 #218BDA #53A7E5 #88C2ED #BDDDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53A7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53A7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7E5

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7E5	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1ed',
    500: '#53a7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7e5;
$custom-light: #91c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7E5

secondary

#E5C6AE

accent

#6410D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7E5

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

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