#53B1DF#53B1DF

#53B1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1DF
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -14.07, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 34.42, 245.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0676 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.111 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6035, 38.6077, 75.5315)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1DF #DF8153

analogous

#53DFC7 #53B1DF #536BDF

triadic

#53B1DF #DF53B1 #B1DF53

tetradic

#53B1DF #C753DF #DF8153 #6BDF53

square

#53B1DF #C753DF #DF8153 #6BDF53

split-complementary

#53B1DF #DF536B #DFC753

monochromatic

#1D719B #2697CE #53B1DF #87C8E9 #BAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1DF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1DF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e9',
    500: '#53b1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1df;
$custom-light: #90c8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1DF

secondary

#E2BEAC

accent

#763CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1DF

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

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