#53A0CD#53A0CD

#53A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.101 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0CD
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -10.49, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 31.96, 250.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0558 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.101 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1534, 31.3858, 62.3729)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0CD #CD8053

analogous

#53CDBD #53A0CD #5363CD

triadic

#53A0CD #CD53A0 #A0CD53

tetradic

#53A0CD #BD53CD #CD8053 #63CD53

square

#53A0CD #BD53CD #CD8053 #63CD53

split-complementary

#53A0CD #CD5363 #CDBD53

monochromatic

#255F80 #3382B0 #53A0CD #82BADB #B2D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#53A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0CD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0CD	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.101 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdc',
    500: '#53a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0cd;
$custom-light: #8dbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.131,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67497,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0CD

secondary

#D7B7A5

accent

#804ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0CD

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

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