#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
RGBrgb(83, 169, 238)
HSLhsl(207, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(207, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.81, -4.88, -42.20)
CIE-LCHlch(66.81, 42.48, 263.40°)
OKLaboklab(71.11% -0.0546 -0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(71.11% 0.131 245.4)
XYZxyz(33.1821, 36.3846, 86.1465)
Luminance0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##53A9EE1.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

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

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#53A9EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva