#53A6DA#53A6DA

#53A6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6DA
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -9.68, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 35.24, 254.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0578 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.111 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8536, 34.1704, 71.3383)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6DA #DA8753

analogous

#53DACB #53A6DA #5363DA

triadic

#53A6DA #DA53A6 #A6DA53

tetradic

#53A6DA #CB53DA #DA8753 #63DA53

square

#53A6DA #CB53DA #DA8753 #63DA53

split-complementary

#53A6DA #DA5363 #DACB53

monochromatic

#206793 #2A8AC5 #53A6DA #85C0E5 #B8DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#53A6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6DA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0e5',
    500: '#53a6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6da;
$custom-light: #8fc0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6DA

secondary

#DFBEAA

accent

#8140E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6DA

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

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