#53A9E3#53A9E3

#53A9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9E3
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -8.45, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 37.87, 257.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.058 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.119 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6151, 35.7578, 77.8940)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9E3 #E38D53

analogous

#53E3D5 #53A9E3 #5361E3

triadic

#53A9E3 #E353A9 #A9E353

tetradic

#53A9E3 #D553E3 #E38D53 #61E353

square

#53A9E3 #D553E3 #E38D53 #61E353

split-complementary

#53A9E3 #E35361 #E3D553

monochromatic

#1A6BA1 #238ED6 #53A9E3 #88C3EC #BCDEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53A9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#53A9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9E3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9E3	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2ec',
    500: '#53a9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9e3;
$custom-light: #91c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9E3

secondary

#E4C4AE

accent

#6011D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9E3

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

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