#53A7CB#53A7CB

#53A7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7CB
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -14.91, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 30.02, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0641 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.097 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1613, 33.7855, 61.5255)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7CB #CB7753

analogous

#53CBB3 #53A7CB #536BCB

triadic

#53A7CB #CB53A7 #A7CB53

tetradic

#53A7CB #B353CB #CB7753 #6BCB53

square

#53A7CB #B353CB #CB7753 #6BCB53

split-complementary

#53A7CB #CB536B #CBB353

monochromatic

#26637E #3488AD #53A7CB #82BFD9 #B1D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#53A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#53A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7CB

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7CB	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1db',
    500: '#53a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7cb;
$custom-light: #8ec1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6903,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7CB

secondary

#D6B3A4

accent

#774BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7CB

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

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