#53A4D2#53A4D2

#53A4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4D2
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 210)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -11.11, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 32.80, 250.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0584 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.104 236)
XYZ	xyz(28.4712, 33.0403, 65.8373)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4D2 #D28153

analogous

#53D2C0 #53A4D2 #5365D2

triadic

#53A4D2 #D253A4 #A4D253

tetradic

#53A4D2 #C053D2 #D28153 #65D253

square

#53A4D2 #C053D2 #D28153 #65D253

split-complementary

#53A4D2 #D25365 #D2C053

monochromatic

#236387 #3087B8 #53A4D2 #84BEDF #B4D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#53A4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4D2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4D2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfe0',
    500: '#53a4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4d2;
$custom-light: #8ebfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.732,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68644,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4D2

secondary

#DAB9A7

accent

#7E46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4D2

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

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