#53A9DC#53A9DC

#53A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9DC
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -10.69, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 35.18, 252.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0603 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.112 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6686, 35.3792, 72.9089)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9DC #DC8653

analogous

#53DCCB #53A9DC #5365DC

triadic

#53A9DC #DC53A9 #A9DC53

tetradic

#53A9DC #CB53DC #DC8653 #65DC53

square

#53A9DC #CB53DC #DC8653 #65DC53

split-complementary

#53A9DC #DC5365 #DCCB53

monochromatic

#1F6A96 #298DC9 #53A9DC #86C2E6 #B9DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9DC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9DC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2e7',
    500: '#53a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9dc;
$custom-light: #90c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.336,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9DC

secondary

#E0BFAB

accent

#7E3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9DC

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

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