#53A0DD#53A0DD

#53A0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0DD
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -5.38, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 38.40, 261.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0505 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.118 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1844, 32.1982, 73.0695)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0DD #DD9053

analogous

#53DDD5 #53A0DD #535BDD

triadic

#53A0DD #DD53A0 #A0DD53

tetradic

#53A0DD #D553DD #DD9053 #5BDD53

square

#53A0DD #D553DD #DD9053 #5BDD53

split-complementary

#53A0DD #DD535B #DDD553

monochromatic

#1E6298 #2883CB #53A0DD #86BCE7 #B9D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#53A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#53A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0DD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0DD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7294DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbbe8',
    500: '#53a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0dd;
$custom-light: #8fbbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68253,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0DD

secondary

#E1C3AB

accent

#8A3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0DD

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

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