#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
RGBrgb(83, 168, 223)
HSLhsl(204, 69%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.88, -9.19, -35.42)
CIE-LCHlch(65.88, 36.60, 255.46°)
OKLaboklab(70.16% -0.0582 -0.0995)
OKLCHoklch(70.16% 0.115 239.7)
XYZxyz(30.8841, 35.1689, 74.9584)
Luminance0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##53A8DF1.002.618.038.03
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0321.001.001.00
##0000008.0321.001.001.00

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

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#53A8DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva