#53A5DD#53A5DD

#53A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5DD
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -8.17, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 36.71, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0558 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.115 241)
XYZ	xyz(30.0686, 33.9667, 73.3642)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5DD #DD8B53

analogous

#53DDD0 #53A5DD #5360DD

triadic

#53A5DD #DD53A5 #A5DD53

tetradic

#53A5DD #D053DD #DD8B53 #60DD53

square

#53A5DD #D053DD #DD8B53 #60DD53

split-complementary

#53A5DD #DD5360 #DDD053

monochromatic

#1E6698 #2889CB #53A5DD #86C0E7 #B9DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5DD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5DD	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfe7',
    500: '#53a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5dd;
$custom-light: #90bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69383,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5DD

secondary

#E1C1AB

accent

#843EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5DD

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

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