#53B2D7#53B2D7

#53B2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D7
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -17.08, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 31.99, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0715 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.104 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7486, 38.5829, 70.0509)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D7 #D77853

analogous

#53D7BA #53B2D7 #5370D7

triadic

#53B2D7 #D753B2 #B2D753

tetradic

#53B2D7 #BA53D7 #D77853 #70D753

square

#53B2D7 #BA53D7 #D77853 #70D753

split-complementary

#53B2D7 #D75370 #D7BA53

monochromatic

#21708E #2D97C0 #53B2D7 #85C8E3 #B6DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D7

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D7	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)

#9EAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e3',
    500: '#53b2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d7;
$custom-light: #8fc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D7

secondary

#DDB7A9

accent

#7042E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D7

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

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