#53A3DF#53A3DF

#53A3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3DF
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 223)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -6.41, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 38.20, 260.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.053 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.119 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9788, 33.3581, 74.6566)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3DF #DF8F53

analogous

#53DFD5 #53A3DF #535DDF

triadic

#53A3DF #DF53A3 #A3DF53

tetradic

#53A3DF #D553DF #DF8F53 #5DDF53

square

#53A3DF #D553DF #DF8F53 #5DDF53

split-complementary

#53A3DF #DF535D #DFD553

monochromatic

#1D659B #2686CE #53A3DF #87BFE9 #BADAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#53A3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3DF

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3DF	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7596DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee9',
    500: '#53a3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3df;
$custom-light: #90bee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3DF

secondary

#E2C3AC

accent

#873CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3DF

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

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