#53B2DF#53B2DF

#53B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DF
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -14.60, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.24, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0686 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.111 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8018, 39.0042, 75.5976)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DF #DF8053

analogous

#53DFC6 #53B2DF #536CDF

triadic

#53B2DF #DF53B2 #B2DF53

tetradic

#53B2DF #C653DF #DF8053 #6CDF53

square

#53B2DF #C653DF #DF8053 #6CDF53

split-complementary

#53B2DF #DF536C #DFC653

monochromatic

#1D729B #2698CE #53B2DF #87C9E9 #BAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e9',
    500: '#53b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2df;
$custom-light: #90c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DF

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#753CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DF

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

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