#53A6CE#53A6CE

#53A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.100 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6CE
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -13.45, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 31.05, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0619 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.1 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3398, 33.5649, 63.3657)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6CE #CE7B53

analogous

#53CEB9 #53A6CE #5369CE

triadic

#53A6CE #CE53A6 #A6CE53

tetradic

#53A6CE #B953CE #CE7B53 #69CE53

square

#53A6CE #B953CE #CE7B53 #69CE53

split-complementary

#53A6CE #CE5369 #CEB953

monochromatic

#256482 #3388B1 #53A6CE #83BFDC #B2D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#53A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6CE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6CE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.100 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0dd',
    500: '#53a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6ce;
$custom-light: #8ec0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68928,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6CE

secondary

#D8B6A5

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6CE

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

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