#53A3DB#53A3DB

#53A3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3DB
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -7.70, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 36.53, 257.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0543 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.114 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4458, 33.1450, 71.8499)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3DB #DB8B53

analogous

#53DBCF #53A3DB #535FDB

triadic

#53A3DB #DB53A3 #A3DB53

tetradic

#53A3DB #CF53DB #DB8B53 #5FDB53

square

#53A3DB #CF53DB #DB8B53 #5FDB53

split-complementary

#53A3DB #DB535F #DBCF53

monochromatic

#1F6495 #2A86C7 #53A3DB #86BEE6 #B8D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#53A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3DB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3DB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee6',
    500: '#53a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3db;
$custom-light: #8fbee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3DB

secondary

#DFC0AA

accent

#853FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3DB

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

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