#53A4CB#53A4CB

#53A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4CB
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -13.29, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 30.45, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0608 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.098 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6181, 32.6991, 61.3444)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4CB #CB7A53

analogous

#53CBB6 #53A4CB #5368CB

triadic

#53A4CB #CB53A4 #A4CB53

tetradic

#53A4CB #B653CB #CB7A53 #68CB53

square

#53A4CB #B653CB #CB7A53 #68CB53

split-complementary

#53A4CB #CB5368 #CBB653

monochromatic

#26617E #3485AD #53A4CB #82BDD9 #B1D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#53A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4CB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4CB	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfdb',
    500: '#53a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4cb;
$custom-light: #8dbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68333,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4CB

secondary

#D6B4A4

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4CB

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

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