#53A3DD#53A3DD

#53A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.116 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3DD
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -7.06, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 37.36, 259.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0537 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.116 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7107, 33.2509, 73.2449)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3DD #DD8D53

analogous

#53DDD2 #53A3DD #535EDD

triadic

#53A3DD #DD53A3 #A3DD53

tetradic

#53A3DD #D253DD #DD8D53 #5EDD53

square

#53A3DD #D253DD #DD8D53 #5EDD53

split-complementary

#53A3DD #DD535E #DDD253

monochromatic

#1E6498 #2886CB #53A3DD #86BEE7 #B9DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#53A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3DD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3DD	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.116 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee7',
    500: '#53a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3dd;
$custom-light: #90bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6893,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3DD

secondary

#E1C2AB

accent

#863EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3DD

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

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