#53A3CB#53A3CB

#53A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.098 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3CB
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -12.75, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 30.63, 245.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0597 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.098 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4398, 32.3426, 61.2850)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3CB #CB7B53

analogous

#53CBB7 #53A3CB #5367CB

triadic

#53A3CB #CB53A3 #A3CB53

tetradic

#53A3CB #B753CB #CB7B53 #67CB53

square

#53A3CB #B753CB #CB7B53 #67CB53

split-complementary

#53A3CB #CB5367 #CBB753

monochromatic

#26607E #3484AD #53A3CB #82BCD9 #B1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#53A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3CB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3CB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.098 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbedb',
    500: '#53a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3cb;
$custom-light: #8dbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.09806,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3CB

secondary

#D6B5A4

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3CB

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

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