#53A8DD#53A8DD

#53A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8DD
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -9.82, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 35.83, 254.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0589 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.113 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6161, 35.0617, 73.5467)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8DD #DD8853

analogous

#53DDCD #53A8DD #5363DD

triadic

#53A8DD #DD53A8 #A8DD53

tetradic

#53A8DD #CD53DD #DD8853 #63DD53

square

#53A8DD #CD53DD #DD8853 #63DD53

split-complementary

#53A8DD #DD5363 #DDCD53

monochromatic

#1E6998 #288CCB #53A8DD #86C2E7 #B9DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#53A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8DD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8DD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e7',
    500: '#53a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8dd;
$custom-light: #90c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8DD

secondary

#E1C0AB

accent

#803EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8DD

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

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