#53B0DA#53B0DA

#53B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0DA
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -15.09, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 33.07, 242.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0683 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.107 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7426, 37.9484, 71.9680)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0DA #DA7D53

analogous

#53DAC1 #53B0DA #536DDA

triadic

#53B0DA #DA53B0 #B0DA53

tetradic

#53B0DA #C153DA #DA7D53 #6DDA53

square

#53B0DA #C153DA #DA7D53 #6DDA53

split-complementary

#53B0DA #DA536D #DAC153

monochromatic

#206F93 #2A95C5 #53B0DA #85C7E5 #B8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#53B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0DA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0DA	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e5',
    500: '#53b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0da;
$custom-light: #90c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71763,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0DA

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0DA

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

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