#53A7CE#53A7CE

#53A7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7CE
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -13.99, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 30.89, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.063 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.099 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5223, 33.9299, 63.4266)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7CE #CE7A53

analogous

#53CEB7 #53A7CE #536ACE

triadic

#53A7CE #CE53A7 #A7CE53

tetradic

#53A7CE #B753CE #CE7A53 #6ACE53

square

#53A7CE #B753CE #CE7A53 #6ACE53

split-complementary

#53A7CE #CE536A #CEB753

monochromatic

#256482 #3389B1 #53A7CE #83BFDC #B2D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#53A7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#53A7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7CE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7CE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dd',
    500: '#53a7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7ce;
$custom-light: #8ec1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69159,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7CE

secondary

#D8B5A5

accent

#7849DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7CE

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

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