#53A9CD#53A9CD

#53A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.098 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9CD
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -15.37, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 30.33, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0655 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.098 228)
XYZ	xyz(28.7704, 34.6199, 62.9119)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9CD #CD7753

analogous

#53CDB4 #53A9CD #536CCD

triadic

#53A9CD #CD53A9 #A9CD53

tetradic

#53A9CD #B453CD #CD7753 #6CCD53

square

#53A9CD #B453CD #CD7753 #6CCD53

split-complementary

#53A9CD #CD536C #CDB453

monochromatic

#256580 #338BB0 #53A9CD #82C1DB #B2D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#53A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9CD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9CD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.098 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2dc',
    500: '#53a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9cd;
$custom-light: #8ec2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69581,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.34623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9CD

secondary

#D7B4A5

accent

#754ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9CD

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

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