#53B2D9#53B2D9

#53B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D9
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -16.46, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 32.51, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0707 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.106 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0071, 38.6863, 71.4126)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D9 #D97A53

analogous

#53D9BD #53B2D9 #536FD9

triadic

#53B2D9 #D953B2 #B2D953

tetradic

#53B2D9 #BD53D9 #D97A53 #6FD953

square

#53B2D9 #BD53D9 #D97A53 #6FD953

split-complementary

#53B2D9 #D9536F #D9BD53

monochromatic

#207091 #2B97C4 #53B2D9 #85C8E4 #B7DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#53B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e4',
    500: '#53b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d9;
$custom-light: #90c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D9

secondary

#DEB9AA

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D9

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

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