#53A1CC#53A1CC

#53A1CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.100 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1CC
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -11.35, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 31.37, 248.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0572 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.1 235)
XYZ	xyz(27.2071, 31.6858, 61.7972)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1CC #CC7E53

analogous

#53CCBB #53A1CC #5365CC

triadic

#53A1CC #CC53A1 #A1CC53

tetradic

#53A1CC #BB53CC #CC7E53 #65CC53

square

#53A1CC #BB53CC #CC7E53 #65CC53

split-complementary

#53A1CC #CC5365 #CCBB53

monochromatic

#265F7F #3483AE #53A1CC #82BBDA #B1D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#53A1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1CC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1CC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.100 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcdb',
    500: '#53a1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1cc;
$custom-light: #8dbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.322,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67682,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.31688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1CC

secondary

#D6B6A4

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1CC

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

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