#53A8E4#53A8E4

#53A8E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8E4
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -7.58, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 38.60, 258.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0566 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.121 242)
XYZ	xyz(31.5682, 35.4425, 78.5612)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8E4 #E48F53

analogous

#53E4D8 #53A8E4 #535FE4

triadic

#53A8E4 #E453A8 #A8E453

tetradic

#53A8E4 #D853E4 #E48F53 #5FE453

square

#53A8E4 #D853E4 #E48F53 #5FE453

split-complementary

#53A8E4 #E4535F #E4D853

monochromatic

#1A6AA3 #228DD8 #53A8E4 #88C3EC #BDDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53A8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#53A8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8E4

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8E4	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1ec',
    500: '#53a8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8e4;
$custom-light: #91c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.35446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8E4

secondary

#E5C5AE

accent

#6211D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8E4

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

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