#53A1D7#53A1D7

#53A1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.111 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1D7
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -7.87, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 35.54, 257.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0535 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.111 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5733, 32.2323, 68.9924)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1D7 #D78953

analogous

#53D7CB #53A1D7 #535FD7

triadic

#53A1D7 #D753A1 #A1D753

tetradic

#53A1D7 #CB53D7 #D78953 #5FD753

square

#53A1D7 #CB53D7 #D78953 #5FD753

split-complementary

#53A1D7 #D7535F #D7CB53

monochromatic

#21628E #2D84C0 #53A1D7 #85BCE3 #B6D7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#53A1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#53A1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1D7

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1D7	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.111 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbce3',
    500: '#53a1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1d7;
$custom-light: #8fbce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6819,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1D7

secondary

#DDBEA9

accent

#8542E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1D7

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

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