#53B2D8#53B2D8

#53B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D8
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -16.77, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 32.25, 238.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0711 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.105 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8775, 38.6344, 70.7297)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D8 #D87953

analogous

#53D8BB #53B2D8 #536FD8

triadic

#53B2D8 #D853B2 #B2D853

tetradic

#53B2D8 #BB53D8 #D87953 #6FD853

square

#53B2D8 #BB53D8 #D87953 #6FD853

split-complementary

#53B2D8 #D8536F #D8BB53

monochromatic

#217090 #2C97C2 #53B2D8 #85C8E3 #B7DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#53B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e4',
    500: '#53b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d8;
$custom-light: #90c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D8

secondary

#DEB8A9

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D8

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

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