#53A6CA#53A6CA

#53A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.096 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6CA
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -14.68, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 29.86, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0634 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.096 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8601, 33.3730, 60.8391)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6CA #CA7753

analogous

#53CAB2 #53A6CA #536ACA

triadic

#53A6CA #CA53A6 #A6CA53

tetradic

#53A6CA #B253CA #CA7753 #6ACA53

square

#53A6CA #B253CA #CA7753 #6ACA53

split-complementary

#53A6CA #CA536A #CAB253

monochromatic

#26627C #3587AB #53A6CA #82BED8 #B1D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#53A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#53A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6CA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6CA	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.096 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0da',
    500: '#53a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6ca;
$custom-light: #8dc0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6CA

secondary

#D5B3A4

accent

#774CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6CA

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

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