#53B3D2#53B3D2

#53B3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3D2
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -19.12, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 30.80, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0744 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.1 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3156, 38.7292, 66.7854)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3D2 #D27253

analogous

#53D2B2 #53B3D2 #5373D2

triadic

#53B3D2 #D253B3 #B3D253

tetradic

#53B3D2 #B253D2 #D27253 #73D253

square

#53B3D2 #B253D2 #D27253 #73D253

split-complementary

#53B3D2 #D25373 #D2B253

monochromatic

#236F87 #3097B8 #53B3D2 #84C8DF #B4DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#53B3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3D2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3D2	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)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9df',
    500: '#53b3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3d2;
$custom-light: #8fc9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3D2

secondary

#DAB3A7

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3D2

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

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