#53A6DC#53A6DC

#53A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6DC
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -9.04, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 36.01, 255.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0571 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.113 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1169, 34.2758, 72.7250)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6DC #DC8953

analogous

#53DCCE #53A6DC #5361DC

triadic

#53A6DC #DC53A6 #A6DC53

tetradic

#53A6DC #CE53DC #DC8953 #61DC53

square

#53A6DC #CE53DC #DC8953 #61DC53

split-complementary

#53A6DC #DC5361 #DCCE53

monochromatic

#1F6796 #298AC9 #53A6DC #86C0E6 #B9DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#53A6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DC

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6DC	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0e7',
    500: '#53a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6dc;
$custom-light: #90c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69563,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6DC

secondary

#E0C0AB

accent

#823FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6DC

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

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