#53A9E2#53A9E2

#53A9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A9E2
RGBrgb(83, 169, 226)
HSLhsl(204, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.29, -8.78, -36.43)
CIE-LCHlch(66.29, 37.48, 256.46°)
OKLaboklab(70.53% -0.0583 -0.1024)
OKLCHoklch(70.53% 0.118 240.4)
XYZxyz(31.4775, 35.7028, 77.1692)
Luminance0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A9E2 #E28C53
analogous
#53E2D3 #53A9E2 #5361E2
triadic
#53A9E2 #E253A9 #A9E253
tetradic
#53A9E2 #D353E2 #E28C53 #61E253
square
#53A9E2 #D353E2 #E28C53 #61E253
split-complementary
#53A9E2 #E25361 #E2D353
monochromatic
#1B6BA0 #248ED4 #53A9E2 #87C3EB #BCDDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#53A9E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14
#53A9E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9E2
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A9E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A9E21.002.588.148.14
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1421.001.001.00
##0000008.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA9E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C9BE1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 240.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2eb',
    500: '#53a9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a9e2;
$custom-light: #90c2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A9E2
secondary
#E4C3AD
accent
#5F12D3
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53A9E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva