#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
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 208)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -11.19, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 32.32, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.058 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.103 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0453, 32.5848, 64.4738)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53A3D0	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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