#53A9CE#53A9CE

#53A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9CE
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -15.06, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 30.60, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0652 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.099 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8915, 34.6684, 63.5496)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9CE #CE7853

analogous

#53CEB6 #53A9CE #536CCE

triadic

#53A9CE #CE53A9 #A9CE53

tetradic

#53A9CE #B653CE #CE7853 #6CCE53

square

#53A9CE #B653CE #CE7853 #6CCE53

split-complementary

#53A9CE #CE536C #CEB653

monochromatic

#256682 #338BB1 #53A9CE #83C1DC #B2D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#53A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9CE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9CE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2dd',
    500: '#53a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9ce;
$custom-light: #8ec2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69624,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9CE

secondary

#D8B4A5

accent

#7649DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9CE

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

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