#53A6D6#53A6D6

#53A6D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6D6
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -10.95, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 33.75, 251.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0591 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.107 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3365, 33.9636, 68.6149)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6D6 #D68353

analogous

#53D6C4 #53A6D6 #5364D6

triadic

#53A6D6 #D653A6 #A6D653

tetradic

#53A6D6 #C453D6 #D68353 #64D653

square

#53A6D6 #C453D6 #D68353 #64D653

split-complementary

#53A6D6 #D65364 #D6C453

monochromatic

#22668D #2D89BE #53A6D6 #84C0E2 #B6D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53A6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6D6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6D6	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)

#90A5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0e2',
    500: '#53a6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6d6;
$custom-light: #8fc0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.985,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6D6

secondary

#DCBBA8

accent

#7E43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6D6

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

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