#53A9DF#53A9DF

#53A9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A9DF
RGB	rgb(83, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -9.74, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 36.31, 254.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0593 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.115 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0695, 35.5395, 75.0202)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A9DF #DF8953

analogous

#53DFCF #53A9DF #5363DF

triadic

#53A9DF #DF53A9 #A9DF53

tetradic

#53A9DF #CF53DF #DF8953 #63DF53

square

#53A9DF #CF53DF #DF8953 #63DF53

split-complementary

#53A9DF #DF5363 #DFCF53

monochromatic

#1D6A9B #268ECE #53A9DF #87C3E9 #BADDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53A9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#53A9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A9DF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A9DF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2e9',
    500: '#53a9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a9df;
$custom-light: #90c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70385,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A9DF

secondary

#E2C1AC

accent

#803CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A9DF

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

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