#53A8D5#53A8D5

#53A8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8D5
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -12.35, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 32.94, 247.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0616 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.105 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5755, 34.6455, 68.0665)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8D5 #D58053

analogous

#53D5C1 #53A8D5 #5367D5

triadic

#53A8D5 #D553A8 #A8D553

tetradic

#53A8D5 #C153D5 #D58053 #67D553

square

#53A8D5 #C153D5 #D58053 #67D553

split-complementary

#53A8D5 #D55367 #D5C153

monochromatic

#22678C #2E8BBD #53A8D5 #84C1E1 #B5DAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53A8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8D5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8D5	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1e2',
    500: '#53a8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8d5;
$custom-light: #8fc1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.697,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8D5

secondary

#DCBAA8

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8D5

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

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