#53A4DF#53A4DF

#53A4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.118 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4DF
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -6.97, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 37.86, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0541 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.118 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1570, 33.7146, 74.7160)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4DF #DF8E53

analogous

#53DFD4 #53A4DF #535EDF

triadic

#53A4DF #DF53A4 #A4DF53

tetradic

#53A4DF #D453DF #DF8E53 #5EDF53

square

#53A4DF #D453DF #DF8E53 #5EDF53

split-complementary

#53A4DF #DF535E #DFD453

monochromatic

#1D669B #2688CE #53A4DF #87BFE9 #BADBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53A4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#53A4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4DF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4DF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.118 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee9',
    500: '#53a4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4df;
$custom-light: #90bee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69252,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4DF

secondary

#E2C3AC

accent

#863CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4DF

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

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