#53A1CA#53A1CA

#53A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.098 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1CA
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -11.97, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 30.68, 247.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0579 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.098 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9688, 31.5905, 60.5420)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1CA #CA7C53

analogous

#53CAB7 #53A1CA #5365CA

triadic

#53A1CA #CA53A1 #A1CA53

tetradic

#53A1CA #B753CA #CA7C53 #65CA53

square

#53A1CA #B753CA #CA7C53 #65CA53

split-complementary

#53A1CA #CA5365 #CAB753

monochromatic

#265F7C #3582AB #53A1CA #82BBD8 #B1D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#53A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#53A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1CA

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1CA	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.098 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcda',
    500: '#53a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1ca;
$custom-light: #8dbcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67593,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1CA

secondary

#D5B5A4

accent

#7D4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1CA

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

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