#53A9DE#53A9DE

#53A9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53A9DE
RGBrgb(83, 169, 222)
HSLhsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.13, -10.05, -34.49)
CIE-LCHlch(66.13, 35.93, 253.75°)
OKLaboklab(70.34% -0.0596 -0.0968)
OKLCHoklch(70.34% 0.114 238.4)
XYZxyz(30.9350, 35.4858, 74.3122)
Luminance0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53A9DE #DE8853
analogous
#53DECE #53A9DE #5363DE
triadic
#53A9DE #DE53A9 #A9DE53
tetradic
#53A9DE #CE53DE #DE8853 #63DE53
square
#53A9DE #CE53DE #DE8853 #63DE53
split-complementary
#53A9DE #DE5363 #DECE53
monochromatic
#1D6A99 #278ECD #53A9DE #86C3E8 #BADCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#53A9DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10
#53A9DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9DE
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53A9DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53A9DE1.002.598.108.10
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1021.001.001.00
##0000008.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A9E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9BDD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53a9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 238.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2e8',
    500: '#53a9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53a9de;
$custom-light: #90c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53a9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.878,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53A9DE
secondary
#E1C0AC
accent
#7F3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#53A9DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva