#53B1D5#53B1D5

#53B1D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1D5
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 16.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -17.16, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 31.59, 237.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0711 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.103 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2949, 38.0842, 68.6396)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1D5 #D57753

analogous

#53D5B8 #53B1D5 #5370D5

triadic

#53B1D5 #D553B1 #B1D553

tetradic

#53B1D5 #B853D5 #D57753 #70D553

square

#53B1D5 #B853D5 #D57753 #70D553

split-complementary

#53B1D5 #D55370 #D5B853

monochromatic

#226E8C #2E95BD #53B1D5 #84C7E1 #B5DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B1D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53B1D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1D5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1D5	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)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8e2',
    500: '#53b1d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1d5;
$custom-light: #8fc8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1D5

secondary

#DCB6A8

accent

#7044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1D5

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

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