#53A4CF#53A4CF

#53A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4CF
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -12.05, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 31.75, 247.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0594 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.101 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1009, 32.8922, 63.8873)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4CF #CF7E53

analogous

#53CFBC #53A4CF #5366CF

triadic

#53A4CF #CF53A4 #A4CF53

tetradic

#53A4CF #BC53CF #CF7E53 #66CF53

square

#53A4CF #BC53CF #CF7E53 #66CF53

split-complementary

#53A4CF #CF5366 #CFBC53

monochromatic

#256283 #3286B3 #53A4CF #83BDDC #B3D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#53A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4CF

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4CF	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdd',
    500: '#53a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4cf;
$custom-light: #8ebfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68509,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4CF

secondary

#D8B7A6

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4CF

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

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