#53A7CC#53A7CC

#53A7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.098 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7CC
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -14.60, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 30.30, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0637 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.098 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2809, 33.8333, 62.1551)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7CC #CC7853

analogous

#53CCB5 #53A7CC #536BCC

triadic

#53A7CC #CC53A7 #A7CC53

tetradic

#53A7CC #B553CC #CC7853 #6BCC53

square

#53A7CC #B553CC #CC7853 #6BCC53

split-complementary

#53A7CC #CC536B #CCB553

monochromatic

#26647F #3489AE #53A7CC #82BFDA #B1D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#53A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7CC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7CC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.098 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1db',
    500: '#53a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7cc;
$custom-light: #8ec1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69073,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7CC

secondary

#D6B4A4

accent

#774ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7CC

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

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