#53A9DA#53A9DA

#53A9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9DA
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -11.32, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 34.46, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0609 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.11 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4053, 35.2739, 71.5222)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9DA #DA8453

analogous

#53DAC8 #53A9DA #5366DA

triadic

#53A9DA #DA53A9 #A9DA53

tetradic

#53A9DA #C853DA #DA8453 #66DA53

square

#53A9DA #C853DA #DA8453 #66DA53

split-complementary

#53A9DA #DA5366 #DAC853

monochromatic

#206993 #2A8DC5 #53A9DA #85C2E5 #B8DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53A9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#53A9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9DA

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9DA	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2e5',
    500: '#53a9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9da;
$custom-light: #8fc2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70155,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9DA

secondary

#DFBDAA

accent

#7D40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9DA

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

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