#53A2C7#53A2C7

#53A2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2C7
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 199)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -13.44, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 29.54, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0601 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.095 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7925, 31.8007, 58.7480)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2C7 #C77853

analogous

#53C7B2 #53A2C7 #5368C7

triadic

#53A2C7 #C753A2 #A2C753

tetradic

#53A2C7 #B253C7 #C77853 #68C753

square

#53A2C7 #B253C7 #C77853 #68C753

split-complementary

#53A2C7 #C75368 #C7B253

monochromatic

#275E78 #3683A7 #53A2C7 #81BBD6 #AFD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#53A2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2C7

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2C7	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd8',
    500: '#53a2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2c7;
$custom-light: #8dbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2C7

secondary

#D3B2A3

accent

#7A4DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2C7

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

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