#53A3CD#53A3CD

#53A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.100 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3CD
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -12.13, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 31.29, 247.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.059 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.1 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6797, 32.4385, 62.5483)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3CD #CD7D53

analogous

#53CDBA #53A3CD #5366CD

triadic

#53A3CD #CD53A3 #A3CD53

tetradic

#53A3CD #BA53CD #CD7D53 #66CD53

square

#53A3CD #BA53CD #CD7D53 #66CD53

split-complementary

#53A3CD #CD5366 #CDBA53

monochromatic

#256180 #3385B0 #53A3CD #82BCDB #B2D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#53A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3CD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3CD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.100 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebedc',
    500: '#53a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3cd;
$custom-light: #8ebedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3CD

secondary

#D7B6A5

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3CD

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

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