#53A5CE#53A5CE

#53A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.100 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5CE
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -12.91, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 31.23, 245.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0608 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.1 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1587, 33.2028, 63.3054)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5CE #CE7C53

analogous

#53CEBA #53A5CE #5368CE

triadic

#53A5CE #CE53A5 #A5CE53

tetradic

#53A5CE #BA53CE #CE7C53 #68CE53

square

#53A5CE #BA53CE #CE7C53 #68CE53

split-complementary

#53A5CE #CE5368 #CEBA53

monochromatic

#256382 #3387B1 #53A5CE #83BEDC #B2D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#53A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#53A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5CE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5CE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.100 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdd',
    500: '#53a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5ce;
$custom-light: #8ebfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68696,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5CE

secondary

#D8B6A5

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5CE

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

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