#53A8FF#53A8FF

#53A8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.152 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8FF
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 1.31, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 50.68, 271.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0489 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.152 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6132, 37.0605, 99.8649)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8FF #FFAA53

analogous

#53FEFF #53A8FF #5453FF

triadic

#53A8FF #FF53A8 #A8FF53

tetradic

#53A8FF #FF53FE #FFAA53 #53FF54

square

#53A8FF #FF53FE #FFAA53 #53FF54

split-complementary

#53A8FF #FF5453 #FEFF53

monochromatic

#006BD8 #1689FF #53A8FF #90C7FF #CDE6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8FF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8FF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#699DFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.152 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ff',
    500: '#53a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8ff;
$custom-light: #94c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8FF

secondary

#F3D7BB

accent

#7400E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F7FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8FF

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

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