#53A2D6#53A2D6

#53A2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2D6
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -8.75, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 34.83, 255.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0549 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.109 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6206, 32.5319, 68.3763)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2D6 #D68753

analogous

#53D6C8 #53A2D6 #5360D6

triadic

#53A2D6 #D653A2 #A2D653

tetradic

#53A2D6 #C853D6 #D68753 #60D653

square

#53A2D6 #C853D6 #D68753 #60D653

split-complementary

#53A2D6 #D65360 #D6C853

monochromatic

#22628D #2D85BE #53A2D6 #84BDE2 #B6D7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#53A2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2D6

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2D6	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbde2',
    500: '#53a2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2d6;
$custom-light: #8fbde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.817,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68371,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2D6

secondary

#DCBDA8

accent

#8343E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2D6

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

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