#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
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -10.05, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 35.93, 253.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0596 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.114 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9350, 35.4858, 74.3122)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##53A9DE	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9DE

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

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