#53A2D4#53A2D4

#53A2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.107 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2D4
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 212)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -9.38, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 34.05, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0555 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.107 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3668, 32.4304, 67.0394)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2D4 #D48553

analogous

#53D4C6 #53A2D4 #5361D4

triadic

#53A2D4 #D453A2 #A2D453

tetradic

#53A2D4 #C653D4 #D48553 #61D453

square

#53A2D4 #C653D4 #D48553 #61D453

split-complementary

#53A2D4 #D45361 #D4C653

monochromatic

#23628A #2F85BB #53A2D4 #84BCE0 #B5D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#53A2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2D4

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2D4	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.107 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebde1',
    500: '#53a2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2d4;
$custom-light: #8ebde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68277,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2D4

secondary

#DBBCA8

accent

#8245E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2D4

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

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