#53A3D7#53A3D7

#53A3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D7
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 215)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -8.98, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 34.93, 255.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0556 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.11 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9256, 32.9369, 69.1099)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D7 #D78753

analogous

#53D7C9 #53A3D7 #5361D7

triadic

#53A3D7 #D753A3 #A3D753

tetradic

#53A3D7 #C953D7 #D78753 #61D753

square

#53A3D7 #C953D7 #D78753 #61D753

split-complementary

#53A3D7 #D75361 #D7C953

monochromatic

#21638E #2D86C0 #53A3D7 #85BEE3 #B6D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#53A3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D7

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D7	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee3',
    500: '#53a3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d7;
$custom-light: #8fbee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68646,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D7

secondary

#DDBDA9

accent

#8342E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D7

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

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