#53A5CC#53A5CC

#53A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5CC
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -13.53, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 30.60, 243.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0616 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.098 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9173, 33.1062, 62.0339)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5CC #CC7A53

analogous

#53CCB7 #53A5CC #5369CC

triadic

#53A5CC #CC53A5 #A5CC53

tetradic

#53A5CC #B753CC #CC7A53 #69CC53

square

#53A5CC #B753CC #CC7A53 #69CC53

split-complementary

#53A5CC #CC5369 #CCB753

monochromatic

#26627F #3487AE #53A5CC #82BEDA #B1D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#53A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#53A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5CC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5CC	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdb',
    500: '#53a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5cc;
$custom-light: #8ebfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5CC

secondary

#D6B5A4

accent

#7A4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5CC

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

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