#53A6DB#53A6DB

#53A6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6DB
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -9.36, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 35.62, 254.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0575 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.112 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9848, 34.2229, 72.0296)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6DB #DB8853

analogous

#53DBCC #53A6DB #5362DB

triadic

#53A6DB #DB53A6 #A6DB53

tetradic

#53A6DB #CC53DB #DB8853 #62DB53

square

#53A6DB #CC53DB #DB8853 #62DB53

split-complementary

#53A6DB #DB5362 #DBCC53

monochromatic

#1F6795 #2A8AC7 #53A6DB #86C0E6 #B8DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6DB	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0e6',
    500: '#53a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6db;
$custom-light: #8fc0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69516,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6DB

secondary

#DFBFAA

accent

#813FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6DB

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

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