#53B0D3#53B0D3

#53B0D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.101 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0D3
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -17.25, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 31.18, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0708 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.101 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8459, 37.5897, 67.2453)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0D3 #D37653

analogous

#53D3B6 #53B0D3 #5370D3

triadic

#53B0D3 #D353B0 #B0D353

tetradic

#53B0D3 #B653D3 #D37653 #70D353

square

#53B0D3 #B653D3 #D37653 #70D353

split-complementary

#53B0D3 #D35370 #D3B653

monochromatic

#236D89 #2F94B9 #53B0D3 #84C6DF #B4DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#53B0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0D3

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0D3	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	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)

#9DADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.101 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e0',
    500: '#53b0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0d3;
$custom-light: #8fc7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0D3

secondary

#DBB5A7

accent

#7045E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0D3

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

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