#53A7DC#53A7DC

#53A7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7DC
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -9.59, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 35.72, 254.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0582 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.113 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2994, 34.6407, 72.7858)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7DC #DC8853

analogous

#53DCCD #53A7DC #5362DC

triadic

#53A7DC #DC53A7 #A7DC53

tetradic

#53A7DC #CD53DC #DC8853 #62DC53

square

#53A7DC #CD53DC #DC8853 #62DC53

split-complementary

#53A7DC #DC5362 #DCCD53

monochromatic

#1F6896 #298BC9 #53A7DC #86C1E6 #B9DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53A7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7DC

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7DC	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e7',
    500: '#53a7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7dc;
$custom-light: #90c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69791,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7DC

secondary

#E0BFAB

accent

#813FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →