#53A6DD#53A6DD

#53A6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6DD
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -8.72, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 36.41, 256.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0568 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.114 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2497, 34.3289, 73.4246)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6DD #DD8A53

analogous

#53DDCF #53A6DD #5361DD

triadic

#53A6DD #DD53A6 #A6DD53

tetradic

#53A6DD #CF53DD #DD8A53 #61DD53

square

#53A6DD #CF53DD #DD8A53 #61DD53

split-complementary

#53A6DD #DD5361 #DDCF53

monochromatic

#1E6798 #288ACB #53A6DD #86C0E7 #B9DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#53A6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6DD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0e7',
    500: '#53a6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6dd;
$custom-light: #90c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6961,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6DD

secondary

#E1C0AB

accent

#823EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →