#53B3D7#53B3D7

#53B3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3D7
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -17.60, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 31.91, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0725 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.104 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9483, 38.9823, 70.1174)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3D7 #D77753

analogous

#53D7B9 #53B3D7 #5371D7

triadic

#53B3D7 #D753B3 #B3D753

tetradic

#53B3D7 #B953D7 #D77753 #71D753

square

#53B3D7 #B953D7 #D77753 #71D753

split-complementary

#53B3D7 #D75371 #D7B953

monochromatic

#21718E #2D98C0 #53B3D7 #85C9E3 #B6DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3D7

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3D7	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)

#9FB0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e3',
    500: '#53b3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3d7;
$custom-light: #90c9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3D7

secondary

#DDB7A9

accent

#6F42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3D7

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

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