#53B2DA#53B2DA

#53B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DA
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -16.16, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 32.78, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0704 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.106 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1376, 38.7385, 72.0997)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DA #DA7B53

analogous

#53DABF #53B2DA #536FDA

triadic

#53B2DA #DA53B2 #B2DA53

tetradic

#53B2DA #BF53DA #DA7B53 #6FDA53

square

#53B2DA #BF53DA #DA7B53 #6FDA53

split-complementary

#53B2DA #DA536F #DABF53

monochromatic

#207193 #2A97C5 #53B2DA #85C9E5 #B8DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#53B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e5',
    500: '#53b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2da;
$custom-light: #90c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DA

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DA

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

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