#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
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -7.62, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 37.03, 258.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0547 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.116 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8890, 33.6074, 73.3043)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53A4DD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A4DD

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

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