#53A2CD#53A2CD

#53A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2CD
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -11.59, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 31.49, 248.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0579 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.1 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5029, 32.0848, 62.4894)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2CD #CD7E53

analogous

#53CDBB #53A2CD #5365CD

triadic

#53A2CD #CD53A2 #A2CD53

tetradic

#53A2CD #BB53CD #CD7E53 #65CD53

square

#53A2CD #BB53CD #CD7E53 #65CD53

split-complementary

#53A2CD #CD5365 #CDBB53

monochromatic

#256080 #3384B0 #53A2CD #82BCDB #B2D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#53A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2CD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2CD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebddc',
    500: '#53a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2cd;
$custom-light: #8ebddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67958,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2CD

secondary

#D7B7A5

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2CD

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

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