#53A7CF#53A7CF

#53A7CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7CF
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -13.68, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 31.19, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0626 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.1 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6441, 33.9787, 64.0684)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7CF #CF7B53

analogous

#53CFB9 #53A7CF #5369CF

triadic

#53A7CF #CF53A7 #A7CF53

tetradic

#53A7CF #B953CF #CF7B53 #69CF53

square

#53A7CF #B953CF #CF7B53 #69CF53

split-complementary

#53A7CF #CF5369 #CFB953

monochromatic

#256583 #3289B3 #53A7CF #83BFDC #B3D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#53A7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#53A7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7CF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7CF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dd',
    500: '#53a7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7cf;
$custom-light: #8ec1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69203,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7CF

secondary

#D8B6A6

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7CF

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

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