#53A0CE#53A0CE

#53A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0CE
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -10.17, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 32.32, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0554 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.102 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2745, 31.4342, 63.0106)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0CE #CE8153

analogous

#53CEBF #53A0CE #5363CE

triadic

#53A0CE #CE53A0 #A0CE53

tetradic

#53A0CE #BF53CE #CE8153 #63CE53

square

#53A0CE #BF53CE #CE8153 #63CE53

split-complementary

#53A0CE #CE5363 #CEBF53

monochromatic

#255F82 #3382B1 #53A0CE #83BADC #B2D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#53A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0CE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0CE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcdd',
    500: '#53a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0ce;
$custom-light: #8ebcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.439,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67542,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0CE

secondary

#D8B8A5

accent

#8149DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0CE

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

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