#53B1DE#53B1DE

#53B1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DE
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -14.38, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 34.11, 245.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0679 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.11 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4691, 38.5539, 74.8236)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DE #DE8053

analogous

#53DEC5 #53B1DE #536CDE

triadic

#53B1DE #DE53B1 #B1DE53

tetradic

#53B1DE #C553DE #DE8053 #6CDE53

square

#53B1DE #C553DE #DE8053 #6CDE53

split-complementary

#53B1DE #DE536C #DEC553

monochromatic

#1D7199 #2797CD #53B1DE #86C8E8 #BAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#53B1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e8',
    500: '#53b1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1de;
$custom-light: #90c8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DE

secondary

#E1BDAC

accent

#753DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DE

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

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