#53A5D3#53A5D3

#53A5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5D3
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 211)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -11.35, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 32.92, 249.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0591 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.105 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7758, 33.4496, 66.5553)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5D3 #D38153

analogous

#53D3C1 #53A5D3 #5365D3

triadic

#53A5D3 #D353A5 #A5D353

tetradic

#53A5D3 #C153D3 #D38153 #65D353

square

#53A5D3 #C153D3 #D38153 #65D353

split-complementary

#53A5D3 #D35365 #D3C153

monochromatic

#236489 #2F88B9 #53A5D3 #84BEDF #B4D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#53A5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#53A5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5D3

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5D3	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E97D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfe0',
    500: '#53a5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5d3;
$custom-light: #8ebfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6892,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5D3

secondary

#DBBAA7

accent

#7E45E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5D3

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

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