#53A9DD#53A9DD

#53A9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9DD
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -10.37, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 35.55, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0599 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.113 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8014, 35.4323, 73.6085)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9DD #DD8753

analogous

#53DDCC #53A9DD #5364DD

triadic

#53A9DD #DD53A9 #A9DD53

tetradic

#53A9DD #CC53DD #DD8753 #64DD53

square

#53A9DD #CC53DD #DD8753 #64DD53

split-complementary

#53A9DD #DD5364 #DDCC53

monochromatic

#1E6A98 #288DCB #53A9DD #86C3E7 #B9DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53A9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#53A9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9DD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9DD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2e7',
    500: '#53a9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9dd;
$custom-light: #90c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70293,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9DD

secondary

#E1BFAB

accent

#7F3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9DD

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

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