#53B0DD#53B0DD

#53B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0DD
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -14.16, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 33.98, 245.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0672 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.109 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1387, 38.1069, 74.0542)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0DD #DD8053

analogous

#53DDC5 #53B0DD #536BDD

triadic

#53B0DD #DD53B0 #B0DD53

tetradic

#53B0DD #C553DD #DD8053 #6BDD53

square

#53B0DD #C553DD #DD8053 #6BDD53

split-complementary

#53B0DD #DD536B #DDC553

monochromatic

#1E7098 #2896CB #53B0DD #86C7E7 #B9DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0DD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0DD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e7',
    500: '#53b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0dd;
$custom-light: #90c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0DD

secondary

#E1BDAB

accent

#763EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0DD

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

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