#53A8DF#53A8DF

#53A8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A8DF
RGB	rgb(83, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -9.19, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 36.60, 255.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0582 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.115 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8841, 35.1689, 74.9584)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A8DF #DF8A53

analogous

#53DFD0 #53A8DF #5362DF

triadic

#53A8DF #DF53A8 #A8DF53

tetradic

#53A8DF #D053DF #DF8A53 #62DF53

square

#53A8DF #D053DF #DF8A53 #62DF53

split-complementary

#53A8DF #DF5362 #DFD053

monochromatic

#1D699B #268CCE #53A8DF #87C2E9 #BADCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53A8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53A8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A8DF

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A8DF	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e9',
    500: '#53a8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a8df;
$custom-light: #90c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A8DF

secondary

#E2C1AC

accent

#813CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A8DF

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

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