#53A3CF#53A3CF

#53A3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3CF
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -11.51, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.97, 248.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0583 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.102 235)
XYZ	xyz(27.9227, 32.5357, 63.8279)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3CF #CF7F53

analogous

#53CFBD #53A3CF #5365CF

triadic

#53A3CF #CF53A3 #A3CF53

tetradic

#53A3CF #BD53CF #CF7F53 #65CF53

square

#53A3CF #BD53CF #CF7F53 #65CF53

split-complementary

#53A3CF #CF5365 #CFBD53

monochromatic

#256283 #3285B3 #53A3CF #83BDDC #B3D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#53A3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#53A3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3CF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3CF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebedd',
    500: '#53a3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3cf;
$custom-light: #8ebedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68279,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.32538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3CF

secondary

#D8B8A6

accent

#7E48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3CF

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

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