#53B2DB#53B2DB

#53B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DB
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -15.85, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.06, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.07 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.107 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2689, 38.7910, 72.7909)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DB #DB7C53

analogous

#53DBC0 #53B2DB #536EDB

triadic

#53B2DB #DB53B2 #B2DB53

tetradic

#53B2DB #C053DB #DB7C53 #6EDB53

square

#53B2DB #C053DB #DB7C53 #6EDB53

split-complementary

#53B2DB #DB536E #DBC053

monochromatic

#1F7195 #2A98C7 #53B2DB #86C9E6 #B8DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#53B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e6',
    500: '#53b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2db;
$custom-light: #90c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DB

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#723FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DB

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

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