#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
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -9.85, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 34.27, 253.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.057 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.108 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9757, 33.2421, 68.4946)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##53A4D6	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A4D6

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

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