#53A4DD#53A4DD

#53A4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A4DD
RGBrgb(83, 164, 221)
HSLhsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.65, -7.62, -36.24)
CIE-LCHlch(64.65, 37.03, 258.13°)
OKLaboklab(69.16% -0.0547 -0.1019)
OKLCHoklch(69.16% 0.116 241.8)
XYZxyz(29.8890, 33.6074, 73.3043)
Luminance0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A4DD #DD8C53
analogous
#53DDD1 #53A4DD #535FDD
triadic
#53A4DD #DD53A4 #A4DD53
tetradic
#53A4DD #D153DD #DD8C53 #5FDD53
square
#53A4DD #D153DD #DD8C53 #5FDD53
split-complementary
#53A4DD #DD535F #DDD153
monochromatic
#1E6598 #2888CB #53A4DD #86BFE7 #B9DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#53A4DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72
#53A4DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DD
7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A4DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A4DD1.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AA4E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7897DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 241.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee7',
    500: '#53a4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a4dd;
$custom-light: #90bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69156,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A4DD
secondary
#E1C1AB
accent
#853EEA
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53A4DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva