#53A3CE#53A3CE

#53A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3CE
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -11.82, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 31.62, 248.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0587 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.101 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8008, 32.4870, 63.1861)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3CE #CE7E53

analogous

#53CEBC #53A3CE #5366CE

triadic

#53A3CE #CE53A3 #A3CE53

tetradic

#53A3CE #BC53CE #CE7E53 #66CE53

square

#53A3CE #BC53CE #CE7E53 #66CE53

split-complementary

#53A3CE #CE5366 #CEBC53

monochromatic

#256182 #3385B1 #53A3CE #83BCDC #B2D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#53A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3CE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3CE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebedd',
    500: '#53a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3ce;
$custom-light: #8ebedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68234,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3CE

secondary

#D8B7A5

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3CE

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

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