#53A3D9#53A3D9

#53A3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3D9
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -8.34, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 35.72, 256.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.055 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.112 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1841, 33.0403, 70.4716)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3D9 #D98953

analogous

#53D9CC #53A3D9 #5360D9

triadic

#53A3D9 #D953A3 #A3D953

tetradic

#53A3D9 #CC53D9 #D98953 #60D953

square

#53A3D9 #CC53D9 #D98953 #60D953

split-complementary

#53A3D9 #D95360 #D9CC53

monochromatic

#206491 #2B86C4 #53A3D9 #85BEE4 #B7D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#53A3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3D9

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3D9	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee5',
    500: '#53a3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3d9;
$custom-light: #8fbee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3D9

secondary

#DEBFAA

accent

#8441E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3D9

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

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