#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
RGBrgb(83, 168, 225)
HSLhsl(204, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.96, -8.55, -36.39)
CIE-LCHlch(65.96, 37.38, 256.79°)
OKLaboklab(70.25% -0.0576 -0.1023)
OKLCHoklch(70.25% 0.117 240.6)
XYZxyz(31.1554, 35.2774, 76.3869)
Luminance0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53A8E11.002.618.068.06
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0621.001.001.00
##0000008.0621.001.001.00

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

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#53A8E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva