#53A2D9#53A2D9

#53A2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.113 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2D9
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -7.79, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 36.03, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0539 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.113 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0073, 32.6866, 70.4126)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2D9 #D98A53

analogous

#53D9CD #53A2D9 #535FD9

triadic

#53A2D9 #D953A2 #A2D953

tetradic

#53A2D9 #CD53D9 #D98A53 #5FD953

square

#53A2D9 #CD53D9 #D98A53 #5FD953

split-complementary

#53A2D9 #D9535F #D9CD53

monochromatic

#206391 #2B85C4 #53A2D9 #85BDE4 #B7D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#53A2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#53A2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2D9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2D9	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.113 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbde5',
    500: '#53a2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2d9;
$custom-light: #8fbde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2D9

secondary

#DEBFAA

accent

#8541E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2D9

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

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