#53A0CA#53A0CA

#53A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.098 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0CA
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -11.43, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 30.89, 248.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0568 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.098 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7947, 31.2424, 60.4840)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0CA #CA7D53

analogous

#53CAB8 #53A0CA #5364CA

triadic

#53A0CA #CA53A0 #A0CA53

tetradic

#53A0CA #B853CA #CA7D53 #64CA53

square

#53A0CA #B853CA #CA7D53 #64CA53

split-complementary

#53A0CA #CA5364 #CAB853

monochromatic

#265E7C #3581AB #53A0CA #82BAD8 #B1D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#53A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#53A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0CA

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0CA	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.098 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcda',
    500: '#53a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0ca;
$custom-light: #8dbcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67362,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0CA

secondary

#D5B5A4

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0CA

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

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