#53B0DC#53B0DC

#53B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0DC
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -14.47, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 33.67, 244.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0676 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.109 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0059, 38.0537, 73.3546)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0DC #DC7F53

analogous

#53DCC4 #53B0DC #536CDC

triadic

#53B0DC #DC53B0 #B0DC53

tetradic

#53B0DC #C453DC #DC7F53 #6CDC53

square

#53B0DC #C453DC #DC7F53 #6CDC53

split-complementary

#53B0DC #DC536C #DCC453

monochromatic

#1F7096 #2996C9 #53B0DC #86C7E6 #B9DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#53B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0DC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0DC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e7',
    500: '#53b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0dc;
$custom-light: #90c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.27,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0DC

secondary

#E0BCAB

accent

#753FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0DC

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

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