#53A3D4#53A3D4

#53A3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.107 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D4
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 212)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -9.93, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 33.78, 252.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0566 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.107 238)
XYZ	xyz(28.5436, 32.7841, 67.0983)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D4 #D48453

analogous

#53D4C5 #53A3D4 #5362D4

triadic

#53A3D4 #D453A3 #A3D453

tetradic

#53A3D4 #C553D4 #D48453 #62D453

square

#53A3D4 #C553D4 #D48453 #62D453

split-complementary

#53A3D4 #D45362 #D4C553

monochromatic

#23638A #2F86BB #53A3D4 #84BDE0 #B5D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#53A3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B95D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.107 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebee1',
    500: '#53a3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d4;
$custom-light: #8ebee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.791,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68506,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.32787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D4

secondary

#DBBBA8

accent

#8145E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D4

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

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