#53A9D9#53A9D9

#53A9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9D9
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -11.64, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 34.10, 250.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0613 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.109 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2748, 35.2217, 70.8352)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9D9 #D98353

analogous

#53D9C6 #53A9D9 #5366D9

triadic

#53A9D9 #D953A9 #A9D953

tetradic

#53A9D9 #C653D9 #D98353 #66D953

square

#53A9D9 #C653D9 #D98353 #66D953

split-complementary

#53A9D9 #D95366 #D9C653

monochromatic

#206991 #2B8DC4 #53A9D9 #85C2E4 #B7DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53A9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#53A9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9D9

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9D9	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2e5',
    500: '#53a9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9d9;
$custom-light: #8fc2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70109,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9D9

secondary

#DEBCAA

accent

#7C41E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9D9

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

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