#53A5CA#53A5CA

#53A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5CA
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -14.14, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 29.99, 241.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0623 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.097 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6790, 33.0109, 60.7787)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5CA #CA7853

analogous

#53CAB3 #53A5CA #5369CA

triadic

#53A5CA #CA53A5 #A5CA53

tetradic

#53A5CA #B353CA #CA7853 #69CA53

square

#53A5CA #B353CA #CA7853 #69CA53

split-complementary

#53A5CA #CA5369 #CAB353

monochromatic

#26627C #3586AB #53A5CA #82BDD8 #B1D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#53A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5CA

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5CA	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfda',
    500: '#53a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5ca;
$custom-light: #8dbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68521,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5CA

secondary

#D5B3A4

accent

#794CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5CA

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

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