#53A2CB#53A2CB

#53A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.098 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2CB
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -12.21, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 30.82, 246.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0587 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.098 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2630, 31.9889, 61.2261)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2CB #CB7C53

analogous

#53CBB8 #53A2CB #5366CB

triadic

#53A2CB #CB53A2 #A2CB53

tetradic

#53A2CB #B853CB #CB7C53 #66CB53

square

#53A2CB #B853CB #CB7C53 #66CB53

split-complementary

#53A2CB #CB5366 #CBB853

monochromatic

#26607E #3483AD #53A2CB #82BBD9 #B1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#53A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2CB

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2CB	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.098 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbddb',
    500: '#53a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2cb;
$custom-light: #8dbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67869,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2CB

secondary

#D6B5A4

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2CB

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

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