#53A0DC#53A0DC

#53A0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0DC
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -5.71, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 37.97, 261.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0509 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.117 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0515, 32.1451, 72.3699)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0DC #DC8F53

analogous

#53DCD3 #53A0DC #535CDC

triadic

#53A0DC #DC53A0 #A0DC53

tetradic

#53A0DC #D353DC #DC8F53 #5CDC53

square

#53A0DC #D353DC #DC8F53 #5CDC53

split-complementary

#53A0DC #DC535C #DCD353

monochromatic

#1F6296 #2983C9 #53A0DC #86BCE6 #B9D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#53A0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0DC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0DC	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbbe7',
    500: '#53a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0dc;
$custom-light: #8fbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.277,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68204,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0DC

secondary

#E0C2AB

accent

#893FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0DC

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

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