#53A2CF#53A2CF

#53A2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2CF
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 207)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -10.96, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 32.20, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0573 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.102 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7458, 32.1820, 63.7689)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2CF #CF8053

analogous

#53CFBE #53A2CF #5364CF

triadic

#53A2CF #CF53A2 #A2CF53

tetradic

#53A2CF #BE53CF #CF8053 #64CF53

square

#53A2CF #BE53CF #CF8053 #64CF53

split-complementary

#53A2CF #CF5364 #CFBE53

monochromatic

#256183 #3284B3 #53A2CF #83BCDC #B3D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#53A2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#53A2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2CF

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2CF	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebddd',
    500: '#53a2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2cf;
$custom-light: #8ebddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.774,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68048,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2CF

secondary

#D8B8A6

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2CF

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

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