#53A2DD#53A2DD

#53A2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2DD
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -6.50, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 37.69, 260.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0526 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.117 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5339, 32.8972, 73.1860)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2DD #DD8E53

analogous

#53DDD3 #53A2DD #535DDD

triadic

#53A2DD #DD53A2 #A2DD53

tetradic

#53A2DD #D353DD #DD8E53 #5DDD53

square

#53A2DD #D353DD #DD8E53 #5DDD53

split-complementary

#53A2DD #DD535D #DDD353

monochromatic

#1E6498 #2885CB #53A2DD #86BEE7 #B9D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#53A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2DD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2DD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde8',
    500: '#53a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2dd;
$custom-light: #90bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2DD

secondary

#E1C2AB

accent

#873EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2DD

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

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