#53A4CD#53A4CD

#53A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.100 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4CD
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -12.67, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 31.09, 245.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0601 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.1 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8580, 32.7950, 62.6077)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4CD #CD7C53

analogous

#53CDB9 #53A4CD #5367CD

triadic

#53A4CD #CD53A4 #A4CD53

tetradic

#53A4CD #B953CD #CD7C53 #67CD53

square

#53A4CD #B953CD #CD7C53 #67CD53

split-complementary

#53A4CD #CD5367 #CDB953

monochromatic

#256280 #3386B0 #53A4CD #82BDDB #B2D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#53A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#53A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4CD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4CD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.100 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdc',
    500: '#53a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4cd;
$custom-light: #8ebfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68421,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4CD

secondary

#D7B6A5

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4CD

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

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