#53A4DE#53A4DE

#53A4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4DE
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -7.29, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 37.44, 258.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0544 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.117 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0226, 33.6609, 74.0081)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4DE #DE8D53

analogous

#53DED3 #53A4DE #535FDE

triadic

#53A4DE #DE53A4 #A4DE53

tetradic

#53A4DE #D353DE #DE8D53 #5FDE53

square

#53A4DE #D353DE #DE8D53 #5FDE53

split-complementary

#53A4DE #DE535F #DED353

monochromatic

#1D6699 #2788CD #53A4DE #86BFE8 #BADAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53A4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#53A4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4DE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee8',
    500: '#53a4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4de;
$custom-light: #90bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69204,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4DE

secondary

#E1C2AC

accent

#863DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4DE

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

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