#53A7DE#53A7DE

#53A7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7DE
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -8.96, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 36.50, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0575 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.115 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5658, 34.7473, 74.1892)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7DE #DE8A53

analogous

#53DED0 #53A7DE #5362DE

triadic

#53A7DE #DE53A7 #A7DE53

tetradic

#53A7DE #D053DE #DE8A53 #62DE53

square

#53A7DE #D053DE #DE8A53 #62DE53

split-complementary

#53A7DE #DE5362 #DED053

monochromatic

#1D6899 #278BCD #53A7DE #86C1E8 #BADCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#53A7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#53A7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7DE

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7DE	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e8',
    500: '#53a7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7de;
$custom-light: #90c1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7DE

secondary

#E1C1AC

accent

#823DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7DE

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

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