#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
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -8.78, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 37.48, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0583 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.118 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4775, 35.7028, 77.1692)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53A9E2	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A9E2

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

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