#53AFDB#53AFDB

#53AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDB
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -14.25, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.53, 244.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0669 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.108 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6785, 37.6102, 72.5941)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDB #DB7F53

analogous

#53DBC3 #53AFDB #536BDB

triadic

#53AFDB #DB53AF #AFDB53

tetradic

#53AFDB #C353DB #DB7F53 #6BDB53

square

#53AFDB #C353DB #DB7F53 #6BDB53

split-complementary

#53AFDB #DB536B #DBC353

monochromatic

#1F6F95 #2A94C7 #53AFDB #86C7E6 #B8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#53AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDB	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e6',
    500: '#53afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afdb;
$custom-light: #90c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDB

secondary

#DFBCAA

accent

#763FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDB

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

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