#53B0D7#53B0D7

#53B0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0D7
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -16.02, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 32.21, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0694 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.104 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3536, 37.7928, 69.9192)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0D7 #D77A53

analogous

#53D7BC #53B0D7 #536ED7

triadic

#53B0D7 #D753B0 #B0D753

tetradic

#53B0D7 #BC53D7 #D77A53 #6ED753

square

#53B0D7 #BC53D7 #D77A53 #6ED753

split-complementary

#53B0D7 #D7536E #D7BC53

monochromatic

#216E8E #2D95C0 #53B0D7 #85C7E3 #B6DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#53B0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0D7

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0D7	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e3',
    500: '#53b0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0d7;
$custom-light: #8fc7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71633,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0D7

secondary

#DDB8A9

accent

#7342E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0D7

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

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