#53A2D8#53A2D8

#53A2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2D8
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 25%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -8.11, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 35.63, 256.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0542 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.112 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8776, 32.6347, 69.7297)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2D8 #D88953

analogous

#53D8CB #53A2D8 #535FD8

triadic

#53A2D8 #D853A2 #A2D853

tetradic

#53A2D8 #CB53D8 #D88953 #5FD853

square

#53A2D8 #CB53D8 #D88953 #5FD853

split-complementary

#53A2D8 #D8535F #D8CB53

monochromatic

#216390 #2C85C2 #53A2D8 #85BDE3 #B7D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#53A2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2D8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2D8	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbde4',
    500: '#53a2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2d8;
$custom-light: #8fbde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68465,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2D8

secondary

#DEBEA9

accent

#8442E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2D8

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

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