#53B1DD#53B1DD

#53B1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DD
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -14.69, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 33.80, 244.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0683 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.109 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3355, 38.5005, 74.1198)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DD #DD7F53

analogous

#53DDC4 #53B1DD #536CDD

triadic

#53B1DD #DD53B1 #B1DD53

tetradic

#53B1DD #C453DD #DD7F53 #6CDD53

square

#53B1DD #C453DD #DD7F53 #6CDD53

split-complementary

#53B1DD #DD536C #DDC453

monochromatic

#1E7198 #2897CB #53B1DD #86C8E7 #B9DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#53B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e7',
    500: '#53b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1dd;
$custom-light: #90c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DD

secondary

#E1BCAB

accent

#753EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DD

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

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