#53B1DA#53B1DA

#53B1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DA
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -15.63, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 32.92, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0693 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.107 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9394, 38.3420, 72.0336)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DA #DA7C53

analogous

#53DABF #53B1DA #536EDA

triadic

#53B1DA #DA53B1 #B1DA53

tetradic

#53B1DA #BF53DA #DA7C53 #6EDA53

square

#53B1DA #BF53DA #DA7C53 #6EDA53

split-complementary

#53B1DA #DA536E #DABF53

monochromatic

#207093 #2A96C5 #53B1DA #85C8E5 #B8DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#53B1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DA

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DA	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e5',
    500: '#53b1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1da;
$custom-light: #90c8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71993,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DA

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DA

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

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