#53B1DB#53B1DB

#53B1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DB
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -15.32, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 33.21, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.069 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.107 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.0706, 38.3945, 72.7248)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DB #DB7D53

analogous

#53DBC1 #53B1DB #536DDB

triadic

#53B1DB #DB53B1 #B1DB53

tetradic

#53B1DB #C153DB #DB7D53 #6DDB53

square

#53B1DB #C153DB #DB7D53 #6DDB53

split-complementary

#53B1DB #DB536D #DBC153

monochromatic

#1F7095 #2A97C7 #53B1DB #86C8E6 #B8DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#53B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e6',
    500: '#53b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1db;
$custom-light: #90c8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72037,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DB

secondary

#DFBBAA

accent

#743FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DB

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

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