#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
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -9.10, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 37.08, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0586 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.117 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3407, 35.6480, 76.4487)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##53A9E1	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A9E1

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

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