#53A4DC#53A4DC

#53A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.115 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4DC
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -7.94, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 36.62, 257.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.055 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.115 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7561, 33.5543, 72.6047)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4DC #DC8B53

analogous

#53DCD0 #53A4DC #535FDC

triadic

#53A4DC #DC53A4 #A4DC53

tetradic

#53A4DC #D053DC #DC8B53 #5FDC53

square

#53A4DC #D053DC #DC8B53 #5FDC53

split-complementary

#53A4DC #DC535F #DCD053

monochromatic

#1F6596 #2988C9 #53A4DC #86BFE6 #B9DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#53A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4DC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.115 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbee7',
    500: '#53a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4dc;
$custom-light: #8fbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69109,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4DC

secondary

#E0C1AB

accent

#843FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4DC

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

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