#53A5DB#53A5DB

#53A5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5DB
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -8.81, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 35.92, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0564 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.113 240)
XYZ	xyz(29.8038, 33.8608, 71.9692)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5DB #DB8953

analogous

#53DBCD #53A5DB #5361DB

triadic

#53A5DB #DB53A5 #A5DB53

tetradic

#53A5DB #CD53DB #DB8953 #61DB53

square

#53A5DB #CD53DB #DB8953 #61DB53

split-complementary

#53A5DB #DB5361 #DBCD53

monochromatic

#1F6695 #2A89C7 #53A5DB #86BFE6 #B8DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#53A5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5DB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5DB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe6',
    500: '#53a5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5db;
$custom-light: #8fbfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.33864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5DB

secondary

#DFBFAA

accent

#833FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5DB

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

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