#53A8E1#53A8E1

#53A8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8E1
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -8.55, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 37.38, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0576 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.117 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1554, 35.2774, 76.3869)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8E1 #E18C53

analogous

#53E1D3 #53A8E1 #5361E1

triadic

#53A8E1 #E153A8 #A8E153

tetradic

#53A8E1 #D353E1 #E18C53 #61E153

square

#53A8E1 #D353E1 #E18C53 #61E153

split-complementary

#53A8E1 #E15361 #E1D353

monochromatic

#1C6A9E #258DD2 #53A8E1 #87C2EA #BBDDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53A8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#53A8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8E1

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8E1	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1ea',
    500: '#53a8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8e1;
$custom-light: #90c1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.085,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8E1

secondary

#E3C3AD

accent

#6013D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8E1

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

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