#53B2DD#53B2DD

#53B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DD
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -15.23, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 33.64, 243.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0693 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.109 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5337, 38.8969, 74.1859)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DD #DD7E53

analogous

#53DDC3 #53B2DD #536DDD

triadic

#53B2DD #DD53B2 #B2DD53

tetradic

#53B2DD #C353DD #DD7E53 #6DDD53

square

#53B2DD #C353DD #DD7E53 #6DDD53

split-complementary

#53B2DD #DD536D #DDC353

monochromatic

#1E7298 #2898CB #53B2DD #86C9E7 #B9E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#53B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#53b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2dd;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72354,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DD

secondary

#E1BCAB

accent

#733EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DD

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

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