#53A0CF#53A0CF

#53A0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.103 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0CF
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -9.86, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 32.69, 252.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0551 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.103 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3963, 31.4830, 63.6524)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0CF #CF8253

analogous

#53CFC0 #53A0CF #5362CF

triadic

#53A0CF #CF53A0 #A0CF53

tetradic

#53A0CF #C053CF #CF8253 #62CF53

square

#53A0CF #C053CF #CF8253 #62CF53

split-complementary

#53A0CF #CF5362 #CFC053

monochromatic

#255F83 #3282B3 #53A0CF #83BADC #B3D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#53A0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0CF

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0CF	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.103 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcde',
    500: '#53a0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0cf;
$custom-light: #8ebcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0CF

secondary

#D8B9A6

accent

#8248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0CF

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

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