#53A5D6#53A5D6

#53A5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5D6
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -10.40, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 34.00, 252.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0581 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.108 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1554, 33.6015, 68.5545)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5D6 #D68453

analogous

#53D6C5 #53A5D6 #5363D6

triadic

#53A5D6 #D653A5 #A5D653

tetradic

#53A5D6 #C553D6 #D68453 #63D653

square

#53A5D6 #C553D6 #D68453 #63D653

split-complementary

#53A5D6 #D65363 #D6C553

monochromatic

#22658D #2D88BE #53A5D6 #84BFE2 #B6D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53A5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#53A5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5D6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5D6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe2',
    500: '#53a5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5d6;
$custom-light: #8fbfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.443,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5D6

secondary

#DCBCA8

accent

#8043E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5D6

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

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