#53A4D6#53A4D6

#53A4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A4D6
RGBrgb(83, 164, 214)
HSLhsl(203, 62%, 58%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(61.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(64.36, -9.85, -32.82)
CIE-LCHlch(64.36, 34.27, 253.29°)
OKLaboklab(68.83% -0.057 -0.092)
OKLCHoklch(68.83% 0.108 238.2)
XYZxyz(28.9757, 33.2421, 68.4946)
Luminance0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A4D6 #D68553
analogous
#53D6C6 #53A4D6 #5362D6
triadic
#53A4D6 #D653A4 #A4D653
tetradic
#53A4D6 #C653D6 #D68553 #62D653
square
#53A4D6 #C653D6 #D68553 #62D653
split-complementary
#53A4D6 #D65362 #D6C653
monochromatic
#22648D #2D87BE #53A4D6 #84BEE2 #B6D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#53A4D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65
#53A4D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4D6
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A4D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A4D61.002.757.657.65
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6521.001.001.00
##0000007.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA3D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B96D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 238.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee2',
    500: '#53a4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a4d6;
$custom-light: #8fbee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68827,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A4D6
secondary
#DCBCA8
accent
#8143E5
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F6FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#53A4D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva