#53A9EA#53A9EA

#53A9EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9EA
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -6.19, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 40.76, 261.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0558 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.127 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6009, 36.1521, 83.0859)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9EA #EA9453

analogous

#53EAE0 #53A9EA #535EEA

triadic

#53A9EA #EA53A9 #A9EA53

tetradic

#53A9EA #E053EA #EA9453 #5EEA53

square

#53A9EA #E053EA #EA9453 #5EEA53

split-complementary

#53A9EA #EA535E #EAE053

monochromatic

#156CAD #1C8EE3 #53A9EA #8AC4F1 #C0E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53A9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53A9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9EA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9EA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2f1',
    500: '#53a9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9ea;
$custom-light: #91c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.828,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9EA

secondary

#E8C9B1

accent

#640BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9EA

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

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