#53A4CC#53A4CC

#53A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.099 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4CC
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -12.99, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 30.77, 245.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0605 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.099 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7376, 32.7469, 61.9741)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4CC #CC7B53

analogous

#53CCB8 #53A4CC #5368CC

triadic

#53A4CC #CC53A4 #A4CC53

tetradic

#53A4CC #B853CC #CC7B53 #68CC53

square

#53A4CC #B853CC #CC7B53 #68CC53

split-complementary

#53A4CC #CC5368 #CCB853

monochromatic

#26617F #3486AE #53A4CC #82BDDA #B1D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#53A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4CC

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4CC	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.099 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdb',
    500: '#53a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4cc;
$custom-light: #8ebfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4CC

secondary

#D6B5A4

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4CC

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

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