#53A8E3#53A8E3

#53A8E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8E3
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -7.90, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 38.19, 258.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0569 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.12 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4298, 35.3872, 77.8322)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8E3 #E38E53

analogous

#53E3D6 #53A8E3 #5360E3

triadic

#53A8E3 #E353A8 #A8E353

tetradic

#53A8E3 #D653E3 #E38E53 #60E353

square

#53A8E3 #D653E3 #E38E53 #60E353

split-complementary

#53A8E3 #E35360 #E3D653

monochromatic

#1A6AA1 #238DD6 #53A8E3 #88C3EC #BCDDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53A8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53A8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8E3

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8E3	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1ec',
    500: '#53a8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8e3;
$custom-light: #90c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8E3

secondary

#E4C4AE

accent

#6111D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8E3

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

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