#53A5DA#53A5DA

#53A5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5DA
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -9.13, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 35.52, 255.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0567 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.112 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6725, 33.8083, 71.2780)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5DA #DA8853

analogous

#53DACC #53A5DA #5362DA

triadic

#53A5DA #DA53A5 #A5DA53

tetradic

#53A5DA #CC53DA #DA8853 #62DA53

square

#53A5DA #CC53DA #DA8853 #62DA53

split-complementary

#53A5DA #DA5362 #DACC53

monochromatic

#206693 #2A89C5 #53A5DA #85BFE5 #B8DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#53A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5DA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5DA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe5',
    500: '#53a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5da;
$custom-light: #8fbfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5DA

secondary

#DFBFAA

accent

#8240E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5DA

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

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