#53B3D8#53B3D8

#53B3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53B3D8
RGBrgb(83, 179, 216)
HSLhsl(197, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.78, -17.30, -27.10)
CIE-LCHlch(68.78, 32.15, 237.45°)
OKLaboklab(72.37% -0.0722 -0.0756)
OKLCHoklch(72.37% 0.105 226.3)
XYZxyz(32.0772, 39.0338, 70.7962)
Luminance0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53B3D8 #D87853
analogous
#53D8BA #53B3D8 #5370D8
triadic
#53B3D8 #D853B3 #B3D853
tetradic
#53B3D8 #BA53D8 #D87853 #70D853
square
#53B3D8 #BA53D8 #D87853 #70D853
split-complementary
#53B3D8 #D85370 #D8BA53
monochromatic
#217190 #2C98C2 #53B3D8 #85C9E3 #B7DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#53B3D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#53B3D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3D8
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53B3D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53B3D81.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB0DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA2D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53b3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 226.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e4',
    500: '#53b3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53b3d8;
$custom-light: #90c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53b3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53B3D8
secondary
#DEB8A9
accent
#6F42E6
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0E1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3D8

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

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#53B3D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva