#53A7CD#53A7CD

#53A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7CD
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -14.30, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 30.59, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0634 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.099 230)
XYZ	xyz(28.4012, 33.8815, 62.7888)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7CD #CD7953

analogous

#53CDB6 #53A7CD #536ACD

triadic

#53A7CD #CD53A7 #A7CD53

tetradic

#53A7CD #B653CD #CD7953 #6ACD53

square

#53A7CD #B653CD #CD7953 #6ACD53

split-complementary

#53A7CD #CD536A #CDB653

monochromatic

#256480 #3389B0 #53A7CD #82BFDB #B2D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#53A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7CD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7CD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dc',
    500: '#53a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7cd;
$custom-light: #8ec1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69116,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.33884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7CD

secondary

#D7B4A5

accent

#784ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7CD

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

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