#53A8CB#53A8CB

#53A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8CB
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -15.45, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 29.90, 238.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0652 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.097 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3452, 34.1533, 61.5868)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8CB #CB7653

analogous

#53CBB2 #53A8CB #536CCB

triadic

#53A8CB #CB53A8 #A8CB53

tetradic

#53A8CB #B253CB #CB7653 #6CCB53

square

#53A8CB #B253CB #CB7653 #6CCB53

split-complementary

#53A8CB #CB536C #CBB253

monochromatic

#26647E #3489AD #53A8CB #82C0D9 #B1D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#53A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8CB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8CB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2db',
    500: '#53a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8cb;
$custom-light: #8ec2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69263,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8CB

secondary

#D6B3A4

accent

#754BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8CB

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

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