#53A6CF#53A6CF

#53A6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6CF
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 207)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -13.14, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 31.37, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0616 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.101 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4617, 33.6137, 64.0076)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6CF #CF7C53

analogous

#53CFBA #53A6CF #5368CF

triadic

#53A6CF #CF53A6 #A6CF53

tetradic

#53A6CF #BA53CF #CF7C53 #68CF53

square

#53A6CF #BA53CF #CF7C53 #68CF53

split-complementary

#53A6CF #CF5368 #CFBA53

monochromatic

#256483 #3288B3 #53A6CF #83BFDC #B3D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#53A6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#53A6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6CF

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6CF	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0dd',
    500: '#53a6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6cf;
$custom-light: #8ec0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6CF

secondary

#D8B6A6

accent

#7A48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6CF

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

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