#53A9E1#53A9E1

#53A9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A9E1
RGBrgb(83, 169, 225)
HSLhsl(204, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.25, -9.10, -35.95)
CIE-LCHlch(66.25, 37.08, 255.80°)
OKLaboklab(70.48% -0.0586 -0.101)
OKLCHoklch(70.48% 0.117 239.9)
XYZxyz(31.3407, 35.6480, 76.4487)
Luminance0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A9E1 #E18B53
analogous
#53E1D2 #53A9E1 #5362E1
triadic
#53A9E1 #E153A9 #A9E153
tetradic
#53A9E1 #D253E1 #E18B53 #62E153
square
#53A9E1 #D253E1 #E18B53 #62E153
split-complementary
#53A9E1 #E15362 #E1D253
monochromatic
#1C6B9E #258ED2 #53A9E1 #87C3EA #BBDDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#53A9E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13
#53A9E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9E1
8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A9E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A9E11.002.588.138.13
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1321.001.001.00
##0000008.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA9E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C9BE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 239.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2ea',
    500: '#53a9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a9e1;
$custom-light: #90c2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.662,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A9E1
secondary
#E3C2AD
accent
#5F13D2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53A9E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva