#53A4D8#53A4D8

#53A4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.110 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4D8
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -9.22, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 35.03, 254.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0563 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.11 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2327, 33.3449, 69.8481)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4D8 #D88753

analogous

#53D8CA #53A4D8 #5361D8

triadic

#53A4D8 #D853A4 #A4D853

tetradic

#53A4D8 #CA53D8 #D88753 #61D853

square

#53A4D8 #CA53D8 #D88753 #61D853

split-complementary

#53A4D8 #D85361 #D8CA53

monochromatic

#216490 #2C87C2 #53A4D8 #85BEE3 #B7D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#53A4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4D8

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4D8	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.110 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee4',
    500: '#53a4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4d8;
$custom-light: #8fbee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.459,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6892,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4D8

secondary

#DEBEA9

accent

#8242E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4D8

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

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