#53A5DC#53A5DC

#53A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5DC
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -8.49, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 36.31, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0561 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.114 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9358, 33.9136, 72.6646)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5DC #DC8A53

analogous

#53DCCF #53A5DC #5360DC

triadic

#53A5DC #DC53A5 #A5DC53

tetradic

#53A5DC #CF53DC #DC8A53 #60DC53

square

#53A5DC #CF53DC #DC8A53 #60DC53

split-complementary

#53A5DC #DC5360 #DCCF53

monochromatic

#1F6696 #2989C9 #53A5DC #86C0E6 #B9DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#53A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5DC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5DC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfe7',
    500: '#53a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5dc;
$custom-light: #8fbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5DC

secondary

#E0C0AB

accent

#833FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5DC

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

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