#53B1D2#53B1D2

#53B1D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1D2
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -18.08, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 30.88, 234.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0723 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.1 224)
XYZ	xyz(30.9177, 37.9333, 66.6528)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1D2 #D27453

analogous

#53D2B4 #53B1D2 #5371D2

triadic

#53B1D2 #D253B1 #B1D253

tetradic

#53B1D2 #B453D2 #D27453 #71D253

square

#53B1D2 #B453D2 #D27453 #71D253

split-complementary

#53B1D2 #D25371 #D2B453

monochromatic

#236D87 #3094B8 #53B1D2 #84C7DF #B4DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B1D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#53B1D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1D2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1D2	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#9EADD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8df',
    500: '#53b1d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1d2;
$custom-light: #8fc8df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1D2

secondary

#DAB4A7

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1D2

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

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