#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
RGBrgb(83, 161, 221)
HSLhsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.79, -5.94, -37.58)
CIE-LCHlch(63.79, 38.04, 261.01°)
OKLaboklab(68.48% -0.0516 -0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(68.48% 0.118 244)
XYZxyz(29.3584, 32.5463, 73.1275)
Luminance0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##53A1DD1.002.807.517.51
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5121.001.001.00
##0000007.5121.001.001.00

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

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#53A1DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva