#53A2DC#53A2DC

#53A2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2DC
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -6.82, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 37.27, 259.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0529 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.116 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4010, 32.8441, 72.4864)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2DC #DC8D53

analogous

#53DCD1 #53A2DC #535EDC

triadic

#53A2DC #DC53A2 #A2DC53

tetradic

#53A2DC #D153DC #DC8D53 #5EDC53

square

#53A2DC #D153DC #DC8D53 #5EDC53

split-complementary

#53A2DC #DC535E #DCD153

monochromatic

#1F6396 #2985C9 #53A2DC #86BDE6 #B9D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#53A2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2DC

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2DC	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbde7',
    500: '#53a2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2dc;
$custom-light: #8fbde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2DC

secondary

#E0C1AB

accent

#873FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2DC

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

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