#53B0DB#53B0DB

#53B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0DB
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -14.78, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 33.36, 243.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0679 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.108 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8738, 38.0009, 72.6592)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0DB #DB7E53

analogous

#53DBC2 #53B0DB #536CDB

triadic

#53B0DB #DB53B0 #B0DB53

tetradic

#53B0DB #C253DB #DB7E53 #6CDB53

square

#53B0DB #C253DB #DB7E53 #6CDB53

split-complementary

#53B0DB #DB536C #DBC253

monochromatic

#1F6F95 #2A95C7 #53B0DB #86C7E6 #B8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#53B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0DB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0DB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e6',
    500: '#53b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0db;
$custom-light: #90c7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.971,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71806,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0DB

secondary

#DFBBAA

accent

#753FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0DB

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

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