#53A8CE#53A8CE

#53A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.099 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8CE
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -14.53, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 30.74, 241.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0641 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.099 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7062, 34.2977, 63.4879)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8CE #CE7953

analogous

#53CEB7 #53A8CE #536BCE

triadic

#53A8CE #CE53A8 #A8CE53

tetradic

#53A8CE #B753CE #CE7953 #6BCE53

square

#53A8CE #B753CE #CE7953 #6BCE53

split-complementary

#53A8CE #CE536B #CEB753

monochromatic

#256582 #338AB1 #53A8CE #83C0DC #B2D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#53A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8CE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8CE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.099 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dd',
    500: '#53a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8ce;
$custom-light: #8ec1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8CE

secondary

#D8B5A5

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8CE

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

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