#53A0D8#53A0D8

#53A0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.113 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0D8
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -6.99, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 36.27, 258.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0521 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.113 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5281, 31.9357, 69.6132)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0D8 #D88B53

analogous

#53D8CD #53A0D8 #535DD8

triadic

#53A0D8 #D853A0 #A0D853

tetradic

#53A0D8 #CD53D8 #D88B53 #5DD853

square

#53A0D8 #CD53D8 #D88B53 #5DD853

split-complementary

#53A0D8 #D8535D #D8CD53

monochromatic

#216190 #2C83C2 #53A0D8 #85BCE3 #B7D7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#53A0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0D8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0D8	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7593D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.113 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbce4',
    500: '#53a0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0d8;
$custom-light: #8fbce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6801,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0D8

secondary

#DEBFA9

accent

#8742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0D8

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

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