#53A1CF#53A1CF

#53A1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1CF
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 207)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -10.41, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 32.44, 251.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0562 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.103 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5704, 31.8311, 63.7105)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1CF #CF8153

analogous

#53CFBF #53A1CF #5363CF

triadic

#53A1CF #CF53A1 #A1CF53

tetradic

#53A1CF #BF53CF #CF8153 #63CF53

square

#53A1CF #BF53CF #CF8153 #63CF53

split-complementary

#53A1CF #CF5363 #CFBF53

monochromatic

#256083 #3283B3 #53A1CF #83BBDC #B3D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#53A1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1CF

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1CF	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcdd',
    500: '#53a1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1cf;
$custom-light: #8ebcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67818,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1CF

secondary

#D8B8A6

accent

#8048E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1CF

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

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