#53B0D5#53B0D5

#53B0D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0D5
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -16.64, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 31.68, 238.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0701 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.103 227)
XYZ	xyz(31.0981, 37.6907, 68.5740)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0D5 #D57853

analogous

#53D5B9 #53B0D5 #536FD5

triadic

#53B0D5 #D553B0 #B0D553

tetradic

#53B0D5 #B953D5 #D57853 #6FD553

square

#53B0D5 #B953D5 #D57853 #6FD553

split-complementary

#53B0D5 #D5536F #D5B953

monochromatic

#226E8C #2E94BD #53B0D5 #84C7E1 #B5DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53B0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#53B0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0D5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0D5	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e2',
    500: '#53b0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0d5;
$custom-light: #8fc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.37694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0D5

secondary

#DCB7A8

accent

#7144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0D5

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

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