#53A2DB#53A2DB

#53A2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2DB
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -7.15, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 36.86, 258.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0533 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.115 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2690, 32.7913, 71.7910)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2DB #DB8C53

analogous

#53DBD0 #53A2DB #535EDB

triadic

#53A2DB #DB53A2 #A2DB53

tetradic

#53A2DB #D053DB #DB8C53 #5EDB53

square

#53A2DB #D053DB #DB8C53 #5EDB53

split-complementary

#53A2DB #DB535E #DBD053

monochromatic

#1F6395 #2A85C7 #53A2DB #86BDE6 #B8D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#53A2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2DB

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2DB	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbde6',
    500: '#53a2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2db;
$custom-light: #8fbde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2DB

secondary

#DFC1AA

accent

#863FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2DB

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

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