#53A5DF#53A5DF

#53A5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5DF
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -7.53, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 37.52, 258.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0551 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.117 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3367, 34.0740, 74.7759)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5DF #DF8D53

analogous

#53DFD3 #53A5DF #535FDF

triadic

#53A5DF #DF53A5 #A5DF53

tetradic

#53A5DF #D353DF #DF8D53 #5FDF53

square

#53A5DF #D353DF #DF8D53 #5FDF53

split-complementary

#53A5DF #DF535F #DFD353

monochromatic

#1D679B #2689CE #53A5DF #87C0E9 #BADBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#53A5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5DF

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5DF	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7898DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfe9',
    500: '#53a5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5df;
$custom-light: #90bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69478,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5DF

secondary

#E2C2AC

accent

#853CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5DF

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

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