#53A9EF#53A9EF

#53A9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9EF
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -4.56, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 42.92, 263.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0543 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.132 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3294, 36.4435, 86.9224)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9EF #EF9953

analogous

#53EFE7 #53A9EF #535BEF

triadic

#53A9EF #EF53A9 #A9EF53

tetradic

#53A9EF #E753EF #EF9953 #5BEF53

square

#53A9EF #E753EF #EF9953 #5BEF53

split-complementary

#53A9EF #EF535B #EFE753

monochromatic

#116CB7 #1B8DEA #53A9EF #8BC5F4 #C3E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53A9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#53A9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9EF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9EF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759CEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2f4',
    500: '#53a9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9ef;
$custom-light: #92c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.923,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9EF

secondary

#EBCCB3

accent

#6806DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9EF

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

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