#53A0CC#53A0CC

#53A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.100 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0CC
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -10.80, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 31.59, 250.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0561 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.1 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0330, 31.3377, 61.7392)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0CC #CC7F53

analogous

#53CCBC #53A0CC #5364CC

triadic

#53A0CC #CC53A0 #A0CC53

tetradic

#53A0CC #BC53CC #CC7F53 #64CC53

square

#53A0CC #BC53CC #CC7F53 #64CC53

split-complementary

#53A0CC #CC5364 #CCBC53

monochromatic

#265E7F #3482AE #53A0CC #82BADA #B1D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#53A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0CC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0CC	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.100 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdb',
    500: '#53a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0cc;
$custom-light: #8dbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0CC

secondary

#D6B7A4

accent

#804ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0CC

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

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