#53A3DE#53A3DE

#53A3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.117 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3DE
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -6.74, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 37.77, 259.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0534 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.117 243)
XYZ	xyz(29.8443, 33.3044, 73.9487)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3DE #DE8E53

analogous

#53DED4 #53A3DE #535DDE

triadic

#53A3DE #DE53A3 #A3DE53

tetradic

#53A3DE #D453DE #DE8E53 #5DDE53

square

#53A3DE #D453DE #DE8E53 #5DDE53

split-complementary

#53A3DE #DE535D #DED453

monochromatic

#1D6599 #2786CD #53A3DE #86BEE8 #BADAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#53A3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3DE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3DE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.117 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee8',
    500: '#53a3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3de;
$custom-light: #90bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.33307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3DE

secondary

#E1C2AC

accent

#873DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3DE

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

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