#53A0DB#53A0DB

#53A0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.116 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0DB
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -6.03, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 37.54, 260.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0512 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.116 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9195, 32.0923, 71.6745)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0DB #DB8E53

analogous

#53DBD2 #53A0DB #535CDB

triadic

#53A0DB #DB53A0 #A0DB53

tetradic

#53A0DB #D253DB #DB8E53 #5CDB53

square

#53A0DB #D253DB #DB8E53 #5CDB53

split-complementary

#53A0DB #DB535C #DBD253

monochromatic

#1F6295 #2A83C7 #53A0DB #86BCE6 #B8D8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#53A0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0DB

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0DB	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.116 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbbe6',
    500: '#53a0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0db;
$custom-light: #8fbbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.029,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68155,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0DB

secondary

#DFC1AA

accent

#893FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0DB

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

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