#53A4DA#53A4DA

#53A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.112 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4DA
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -8.58, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 35.82, 256.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0557 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.112 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4928, 33.4490, 71.2181)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4DA #DA8953

analogous

#53DACD #53A4DA #5361DA

triadic

#53A4DA #DA53A4 #A4DA53

tetradic

#53A4DA #CD53DA #DA8953 #61DA53

square

#53A4DA #CD53DA #DA8953 #61DA53

split-complementary

#53A4DA #DA5361 #DACD53

monochromatic

#206593 #2A87C5 #53A4DA #85BFE5 #B8D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#53A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4DA	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.112 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee5',
    500: '#53a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4da;
$custom-light: #8fbee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69014,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4DA

secondary

#DFBFAA

accent

#8340E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4DA

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

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