#53A1DB#53A1DB

#53A1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1DB
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -6.59, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 37.19, 259.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0522 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.115 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0935, 32.4404, 71.7325)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1DB #DB8D53

analogous

#53DBD1 #53A1DB #535DDB

triadic

#53A1DB #DB53A1 #A1DB53

tetradic

#53A1DB #D153DB #DB8D53 #5DDB53

square

#53A1DB #D153DB #DB8D53 #5DDB53

split-complementary

#53A1DB #DB535D #DBD153

monochromatic

#1F6295 #2A84C7 #53A1DB #86BDE6 #B8D8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#53A1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1DB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1DB	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbce6',
    500: '#53a1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1db;
$custom-light: #8fbce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68381,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1DB

secondary

#DFC1AA

accent

#873FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1DB

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

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