#53A5CF#53A5CF

#53A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5CF
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -12.60, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 31.55, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0605 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.101 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2806, 33.2515, 63.9472)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5CF #CF7D53

analogous

#53CFBB #53A5CF #5367CF

triadic

#53A5CF #CF53A5 #A5CF53

tetradic

#53A5CF #BB53CF #CF7D53 #67CF53

square

#53A5CF #BB53CF #CF7D53 #67CF53

split-complementary

#53A5CF #CF5367 #CFBB53

monochromatic

#256383 #3287B3 #53A5CF #83BEDC #B3D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#53A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5CF

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5CF	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdd',
    500: '#53a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5cf;
$custom-light: #8ebfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5CF

secondary

#D8B7A6

accent

#7B48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5CF

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

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