#53A2DE#53A2DE

#53A2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2DE
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 27%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -6.18, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 38.12, 260.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0523 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.118 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6675, 32.9507, 73.8897)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2DE #DE8F53

analogous

#53DED4 #53A2DE #535DDE

triadic

#53A2DE #DE53A2 #A2DE53

tetradic

#53A2DE #D453DE #DE8F53 #5DDE53

square

#53A2DE #D453DE #DE8F53 #5DDE53

split-complementary

#53A2DE #DE535D #DED453

monochromatic

#1D6499 #2785CD #53A2DE #86BEE8 #BADAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#53A2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2DE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2DE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde8',
    500: '#53a2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2de;
$custom-light: #90bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68753,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2DE

secondary

#E1C3AC

accent

#883DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2DE

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

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