#53A3D8#53A3D8

#53A3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D8
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -8.66, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 35.33, 255.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0553 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.111 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0545, 32.9884, 69.7887)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D8 #D88853

analogous

#53D8CA #53A3D8 #5360D8

triadic

#53A3D8 #D853A3 #A3D853

tetradic

#53A3D8 #CA53D8 #D88853 #60D853

square

#53A3D8 #CA53D8 #D88853 #60D853

split-complementary

#53A3D8 #D85360 #D8CA53

monochromatic

#216490 #2C86C2 #53A3D8 #85BEE3 #B7D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#53A3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D8	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee4',
    500: '#53a3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d8;
$custom-light: #8fbee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.91,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68692,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D8

secondary

#DEBEA9

accent

#8342E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D8

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

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