#53B1DC#53B1DC

#53B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DC
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -15.00, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 33.50, 243.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0686 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.108 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2027, 38.4473, 73.4202)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DC #DC7E53

analogous

#53DCC3 #53B1DC #536DDC

triadic

#53B1DC #DC53B1 #B1DC53

tetradic

#53B1DC #C353DC #DC7E53 #6DDC53

square

#53B1DC #C353DC #DC7E53 #6DDC53

split-complementary

#53B1DC #DC536D #DCC353

monochromatic

#1F7196 #2997C9 #53B1DC #86C8E6 #B9DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#53B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e7',
    500: '#53b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1dc;
$custom-light: #90c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DC

secondary

#E0BBAB

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DC

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

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