#53A8DA#53A8DA

#53A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8DA
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -10.78, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 34.71, 251.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0599 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.11 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2200, 34.9032, 71.4605)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8DA #DA8553

analogous

#53DAC8 #53A8DA #5365DA

triadic

#53A8DA #DA53A8 #A8DA53

tetradic

#53A8DA #C853DA #DA8553 #65DA53

square

#53A8DA #C853DA #DA8553 #65DA53

split-complementary

#53A8DA #DA5365 #DAC853

monochromatic

#206893 #2A8CC5 #53A8DA #85C1E5 #B8DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#53A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#53A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8DA

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8DA	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1e5',
    500: '#53a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8da;
$custom-light: #8fc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69926,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8DA

secondary

#DFBEAA

accent

#7E40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8DA

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

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