#53A9EE#53A9EE

#53A9EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9EE
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -4.88, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 42.48, 263.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0546 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.131 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1821, 36.3846, 86.1465)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9EE #EE9853

analogous

#53EEE6 #53A9EE #535BEE

triadic

#53A9EE #EE53A9 #A9EE53

tetradic

#53A9EE #E653EE #EE9853 #5BEE53

square

#53A9EE #E653EE #EE9853 #5BEE53

split-complementary

#53A9EE #EE535B #EEE653

monochromatic

#126CB5 #1B8DE8 #53A9EE #8BC5F4 #C2E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53A9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#53A9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9EE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9EE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2f4',
    500: '#53a9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9ee;
$custom-light: #92c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.71,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9EE

secondary

#EACBB2

accent

#6707DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9EE

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

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