#53B2DE#53B2DE

#53B2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DE
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -14.92, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 33.94, 243.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0689 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.11 231)
XYZ	xyz(32.6673, 38.9504, 74.8897)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DE #DE7F53

analogous

#53DEC5 #53B2DE #536CDE

triadic

#53B2DE #DE53B2 #B2DE53

tetradic

#53B2DE #C553DE #DE7F53 #6CDE53

square

#53B2DE #C553DE #DE7F53 #6CDE53

split-complementary

#53B2DE #DE536C #DEC553

monochromatic

#1D7299 #2798CD #53B2DE #86C9E8 #BAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#53B2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e8',
    500: '#53b2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2de;
$custom-light: #90c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DE

secondary

#E1BDAC

accent

#743DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DE

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

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