#53A8CF#53A8CF

#53A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8CF
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -14.22, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 31.03, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0637 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.1 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8280, 34.3465, 64.1297)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8CF #CF7A53

analogous

#53CFB8 #53A8CF #536ACF

triadic

#53A8CF #CF53A8 #A8CF53

tetradic

#53A8CF #B853CF #CF7A53 #6ACF53

square

#53A8CF #B853CF #CF7A53 #6ACF53

split-complementary

#53A8CF #CF536A #CFB853

monochromatic

#256583 #328AB3 #53A8CF #83C0DC #B3D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#53A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#53A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8CF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8CF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1dd',
    500: '#53a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8cf;
$custom-light: #8ec1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69435,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8CF

secondary

#D8B6A6

accent

#7848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8CF

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

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