#53A4D5#53A4D5

#53A4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4D5
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 213)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -10.17, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 33.89, 252.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0573 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.107 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8484, 33.1912, 67.8241)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4D5 #D58453

analogous

#53D5C5 #53A4D5 #5363D5

triadic

#53A4D5 #D553A4 #A4D553

tetradic

#53A4D5 #C553D5 #D58453 #63D553

square

#53A4D5 #C553D5 #D58453 #63D553

split-complementary

#53A4D5 #D55363 #D5C553

monochromatic

#22648C #2E87BD #53A4D5 #84BEE1 #B5D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53A4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#53A4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4D5

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4D5	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B96D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee2',
    500: '#53a4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4d5;
$custom-light: #8fbee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4D5

secondary

#DCBCA8

accent

#8044E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4D5

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

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