#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
RGBrgb(83, 176, 211)
HSLhsl(196, 59%, 58%)
HSVhsv(196, 61%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.72, -17.25, -25.98)
CIE-LCHlch(67.72, 31.18, 236.42°)
OKLaboklab(71.46% -0.0708 -0.0724)
OKLCHoklch(71.46% 0.101 225.6)
XYZxyz(30.8459, 37.5897, 67.2453)
Luminance0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53B0D31.002.478.528.52
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5221.001.001.00
##0000008.5221.001.001.00

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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#53B0D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva