#53A1DD#53A1DD

#53A1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1DD
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -5.94, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 38.04, 261.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0516 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.118 244)
XYZ	xyz(29.3584, 32.5463, 73.1275)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1DD #DD8F53

analogous

#53DDD4 #53A1DD #535CDD

triadic

#53A1DD #DD53A1 #A1DD53

tetradic

#53A1DD #D453DD #DD8F53 #5CDD53

square

#53A1DD #D453DD #DD8F53 #5CDD53

split-complementary

#53A1DD #DD535C #DDD453

monochromatic

#1E6398 #2884CB #53A1DD #86BDE7 #B9D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#53A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1DD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1DD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bce8',
    500: '#53a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1dd;
$custom-light: #90bce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.32549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1DD

secondary

#E1C2AB

accent

#893EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1DD

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

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