#53A2C9#53A2C9

#53A2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2C9
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -12.83, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 30.17, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0594 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.097 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0262, 31.8942, 59.9789)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2C9 #C97A53

analogous

#53C9B5 #53A2C9 #5367C9

triadic

#53A2C9 #C953A2 #A2C953

tetradic

#53A2C9 #B553C9 #C97A53 #67C953

square

#53A2C9 #B553C9 #C97A53 #67C953

split-complementary

#53A2C9 #C95367 #C9B553

monochromatic

#275F7B #3583AA #53A2C9 #82BBD8 #B0D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#53A2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2C9

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2C9	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd9',
    500: '#53a2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2c9;
$custom-light: #8dbdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2C9

secondary

#D4B4A3

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2C9

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

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