#53B3D3#53B3D3

#53B3D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3D3
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -18.82, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 31.01, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.074 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.101 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4406, 38.7792, 67.4436)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3D3 #D37353

analogous

#53D3B3 #53B3D3 #5373D3

triadic

#53B3D3 #D353B3 #B3D353

tetradic

#53B3D3 #B353D3 #D37353 #73D353

square

#53B3D3 #B353D3 #D37353 #73D353

split-complementary

#53B3D3 #D35373 #D3B353

monochromatic

#236F89 #2F97B9 #53B3D3 #84C9DF #B4DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#53B3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3D3

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3D3	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)

#A1AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e0',
    500: '#53b3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3d3;
$custom-light: #8fc9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3D3

secondary

#DBB4A7

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3D3

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

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