#53A8D8#53A8D8

#53A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8D8
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -11.41, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 33.98, 250.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0606 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.108 236)
XYZ	xyz(29.9598, 34.7992, 70.0905)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8D8 #D88353

analogous

#53D8C5 #53A8D8 #5365D8

triadic

#53A8D8 #D853A8 #A8D853

tetradic

#53A8D8 #C553D8 #D88353 #65D853

square

#53A8D8 #C553D8 #D88353 #65D853

split-complementary

#53A8D8 #D85365 #D8C553

monochromatic

#216890 #2C8CC2 #53A8D8 #85C1E3 #B7DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#53A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#53A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8D8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8D8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1e4',
    500: '#53a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8d8;
$custom-light: #8fc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69835,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.34802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8D8

secondary

#DEBCA9

accent

#7D42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8D8

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

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