#53A4D7#53A4D7

#53A4D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4D7
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 215)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -9.53, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 34.65, 254.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0567 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.109 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1038, 33.2934, 69.1693)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4D7 #D78653

analogous

#53D7C8 #53A4D7 #5362D7

triadic

#53A4D7 #D753A4 #A4D753

tetradic

#53A4D7 #C853D7 #D78653 #62D753

square

#53A4D7 #C853D7 #D78653 #62D753

split-complementary

#53A4D7 #D75362 #D7C853

monochromatic

#21648E #2D87C0 #53A4D7 #85BEE3 #B6D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#53A4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4D7

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4D7	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B96D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee3',
    500: '#53a4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4d7;
$custom-light: #8fbee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4D7

secondary

#DDBDA9

accent

#8142E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4D7

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

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