#53A3D6#53A3D6

#53A3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.109 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D6
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -9.30, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 34.54, 254.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0559 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.109 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7975, 32.8856, 68.4352)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D6 #D68653

analogous

#53D6C7 #53A3D6 #5361D6

triadic

#53A3D6 #D653A3 #A3D653

tetradic

#53A3D6 #C753D6 #D68653 #61D653

square

#53A3D6 #C753D6 #D68653 #61D653

split-complementary

#53A3D6 #D65361 #D6C753

monochromatic

#22638D #2D86BE #53A3D6 #84BDE2 #B6D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#53A3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D6	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.109 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee2',
    500: '#53a3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d6;
$custom-light: #8fbee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68599,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D6

secondary

#DCBDA8

accent

#8243E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D6

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

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