#53A6DE#53A6DE

#53A6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A6DE
RGBrgb(83, 166, 222)
HSLhsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.26, -8.40, -35.83)
CIE-LCHlch(65.26, 36.80, 256.80°)
OKLaboklab(69.66% -0.0565 -0.1007)
OKLCHoklch(69.66% 0.115 240.7)
XYZxyz(30.3833, 34.3823, 74.1283)
Luminance0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A6DE #DE8B53
analogous
#53DED1 #53A6DE #5360DE
triadic
#53A6DE #DE53A6 #A6DE53
tetradic
#53A6DE #D153DE #DE8B53 #60DE53
square
#53A6DE #D153DE #DE8B53 #60DE53
split-complementary
#53A6DE #DE5360 #DED153
monochromatic
#1D6799 #278ACD #53A6DE #86C1E8 #BADBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#53A6DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#53A6DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DE
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A6DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A6DE1.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA6E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A98DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 240.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0e8',
    500: '#53a6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a6de;
$custom-light: #90c0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69657,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A6DE
secondary
#E1C1AC
accent
#833DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53A6DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva