#53A1CD#53A1CD

#53A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1CD
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -11.04, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 31.72, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0569 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.101 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3274, 31.7339, 62.4309)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1CD #CD7F53

analogous

#53CDBC #53A1CD #5364CD

triadic

#53A1CD #CD53A1 #A1CD53

tetradic

#53A1CD #BC53CD #CD7F53 #64CD53

square

#53A1CD #BC53CD #CD7F53 #64CD53

split-complementary

#53A1CD #CD5364 #CDBC53

monochromatic

#255F80 #3383B0 #53A1CD #82BBDB #B2D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#53A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1CD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1CD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcdc',
    500: '#53a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1cd;
$custom-light: #8ebcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1CD

secondary

#D7B7A5

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1CD

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

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