#53A8CD#53A8CD

#53A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8CD
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -14.83, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 30.45, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0645 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.098 229)
XYZ	xyz(28.5851, 34.2493, 62.8501)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8CD #CD7853

analogous

#53CDB5 #53A8CD #536BCD

triadic

#53A8CD #CD53A8 #A8CD53

tetradic

#53A8CD #B553CD #CD7853 #6BCD53

square

#53A8CD #B553CD #CD7853 #6BCD53

split-complementary

#53A8CD #CD536B #CDB553

monochromatic

#256580 #338AB0 #53A8CD #82C0DB #B2D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#53A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#53A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8CD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8CD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dc',
    500: '#53a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8cd;
$custom-light: #8ec1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69348,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8CD

secondary

#D7B4A5

accent

#774ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8CD

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

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