#53A0DA#53A0DA

#53A0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0DA
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -6.35, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 37.11, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0515 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.115 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7882, 32.0398, 70.9832)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0DA #DA8D53

analogous

#53DAD1 #53A0DA #535DDA

triadic

#53A0DA #DA53A0 #A0DA53

tetradic

#53A0DA #D153DA #DA8D53 #5DDA53

square

#53A0DA #D153DA #DA8D53 #5DDA53

split-complementary

#53A0DA #DA535D #DAD153

monochromatic

#206193 #2A83C5 #53A0DA #85BCE5 #B8D8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#53A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0DA

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0DA	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7493D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbbe5',
    500: '#53a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0da;
$custom-light: #8fbbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68107,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0DA

secondary

#DFC1AA

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0DA

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

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