#53A6DF#53A6DF

#53A6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6DF
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 25.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -8.08, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 37.20, 257.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0562 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.117 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5177, 34.4361, 74.8363)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6DF #DF8C53

analogous

#53DFD2 #53A6DF #5360DF

triadic

#53A6DF #DF53A6 #A6DF53

tetradic

#53A6DF #D253DF #DF8C53 #60DF53

square

#53A6DF #D253DF #DF8C53 #60DF53

split-complementary

#53A6DF #DF5360 #DFD253

monochromatic

#1D679B #268ACE #53A6DF #87C1E9 #BADBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53A6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#53A6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6DF

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6DF	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0e9',
    500: '#53a6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6df;
$custom-light: #90c0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6DF

secondary

#E2C2AC

accent

#843CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6DF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →