#53A3D0#53A3D0

#53A3D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.103 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A3D0
RGBrgb(83, 163, 208)
HSLhsl(202, 57%, 57%)
HSVhsv(202, 60%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.82, -11.19, -30.32)
CIE-LCHlch(63.82, 32.32, 249.74°)
OKLaboklab(68.32% -0.058 -0.0848)
OKLCHoklch(68.32% 0.103 235.6)
XYZxyz(28.0453, 32.5848, 64.4738)
Luminance0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A3D0 #D08053
analogous
#53D0BF #53A3D0 #5365D0
triadic
#53A3D0 #D053A3 #A3D053
tetradic
#53A3D0 #BF53D0 #D08053 #65D053
square
#53A3D0 #BF53D0 #D08053 #65D053
split-complementary
#53A3D0 #D05365 #D0BF53
monochromatic
#246284 #3185B4 #53A3D0 #83BDDD #B3D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#53A3D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52
#53A3D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D0
7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A3D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A3D01.002.797.527.52
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5221.001.001.00
##0000007.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA2D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C95CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a3d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.103 235.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebede',
    500: '#53a3d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a3d0;
$custom-light: #8ebede;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a3d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68324,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A3D0
secondary
#D9B8A6
accent
#7E47E0
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D0

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

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#53A3D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva