#53A1CE#53A1CE

#53A1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1CE
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -10.72, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 32.08, 250.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0565 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.102 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4485, 31.7824, 63.0686)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1CE #CE8053

analogous

#53CEBD #53A1CE #5364CE

triadic

#53A1CE #CE53A1 #A1CE53

tetradic

#53A1CE #BD53CE #CE8053 #64CE53

square

#53A1CE #BD53CE #CE8053 #64CE53

split-complementary

#53A1CE #CE5364 #CEBD53

monochromatic

#256082 #3383B1 #53A1CE #83BBDC #B2D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#53A1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1CE

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1CE	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcdd',
    500: '#53a1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1ce;
$custom-light: #8ebcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.951,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67773,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1CE

secondary

#D8B8A5

accent

#8049DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1CE

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

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