#53A8CA#53A8CA

#53A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8CA
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -15.75, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 29.64, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0656 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.096 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2264, 34.1058, 60.9612)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8CA #CA7553

analogous

#53CAB0 #53A8CA #536CCA

triadic

#53A8CA #CA53A8 #A8CA53

tetradic

#53A8CA #B053CA #CA7553 #6CCA53

square

#53A8CA #B053CA #CA7553 #6CCA53

split-complementary

#53A8CA #CA536C #CAB053

monochromatic

#26647C #3589AB #53A8CA #82C0D8 #B1D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#53A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8CA

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8CA	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2da',
    500: '#53a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8ca;
$custom-light: #8ec2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6922,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8CA

secondary

#D5B2A4

accent

#754CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8CA

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

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