#53A3D5#53A3D5

#53A3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.108 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D5
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 213)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -9.62, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 34.16, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0563 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.108 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6702, 32.8347, 67.7647)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D5 #D58553

analogous

#53D5C6 #53A3D5 #5362D5

triadic

#53A3D5 #D553A3 #A3D553

tetradic

#53A3D5 #C653D5 #D58553 #62D553

square

#53A3D5 #C653D5 #D58553 #62D553

split-complementary

#53A3D5 #D55362 #D5C653

monochromatic

#22638C #2E86BD #53A3D5 #84BDE1 #B5D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#53A3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D5

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D5	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.108 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee2',
    500: '#53a3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d5;
$custom-light: #8fbee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68553,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D5

secondary

#DCBCA8

accent

#8144E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D5

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

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