#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
RGBrgb(83, 176, 213)
HSLhsl(197, 61%, 58%)
HSVhsv(197, 61%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 17.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.79, -16.64, -26.96)
CIE-LCHlch(67.79, 31.68, 238.33°)
OKLaboklab(71.55% -0.0701 -0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(71.55% 0.103 227)
XYZxyz(31.0981, 37.6907, 68.5740)
Luminance0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53B0D51.002.468.548.54
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5421.001.001.00
##0000008.5421.001.001.00

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

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#53B0D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva