#53A5CD#53A5CD

#53A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.099 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5CD
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -13.22, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 30.91, 244.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0612 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.099 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0376, 33.1544, 62.6676)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5CD #CD7B53

analogous

#53CDB8 #53A5CD #5368CD

triadic

#53A5CD #CD53A5 #A5CD53

tetradic

#53A5CD #B853CD #CD7B53 #68CD53

square

#53A5CD #B853CD #CD7B53 #68CD53

split-complementary

#53A5CD #CD5368 #CDB853

monochromatic

#256280 #3387B0 #53A5CD #82BEDB #B2D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#53A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5CD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5CD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.099 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdc',
    500: '#53a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5cd;
$custom-light: #8ebfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68652,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5CD

secondary

#D7B5A5

accent

#7A4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5CD

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

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