#53A8D2#53A8D2

#53A8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8D2
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 210)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -13.29, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 31.96, 245.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0627 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.103 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1983, 34.4946, 66.0796)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8D2 #D27D53

analogous

#53D2BD #53A8D2 #5368D2

triadic

#53A8D2 #D253A8 #A8D253

tetradic

#53A8D2 #BD53D2 #D27D53 #68D253

square

#53A8D2 #BD53D2 #D27D53 #68D253

split-complementary

#53A8D2 #D25368 #D2BD53

monochromatic

#236687 #308BB8 #53A8D2 #84C1DF #B4D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#53A8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#53A8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8D2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8D2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1e0',
    500: '#53a8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8d2;
$custom-light: #8ec1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.843,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8D2

secondary

#DAB8A7

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8D2

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

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