#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
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -8.40, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 36.80, 256.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0565 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.115 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3833, 34.3823, 74.1283)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53A6DE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53A6DE

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

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