#53A2CC#53A2CC

#53A2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.099 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2CC
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -11.90, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 31.15, 247.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0583 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.099 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3825, 32.0367, 61.8557)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2CC #CC7D53

analogous

#53CCB9 #53A2CC #5366CC

triadic

#53A2CC #CC53A2 #A2CC53

tetradic

#53A2CC #B953CC #CC7D53 #66CC53

square

#53A2CC #B953CC #CC7D53 #66CC53

split-complementary

#53A2CC #CC5366 #CCB953

monochromatic

#26607F #3484AE #53A2CC #82BCDA #B1D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#53A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2CC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2CC	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.099 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbddb',
    500: '#53a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2cc;
$custom-light: #8dbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.826,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67913,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2CC

secondary

#D6B6A4

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2CC

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

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