#53B3DA#53B3DA

#53B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3DA
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -16.68, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 32.66, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0714 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.106 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3373, 39.1379, 72.1662)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3DA #DA7A53

analogous

#53DABD #53B3DA #5370DA

triadic

#53B3DA #DA53B3 #B3DA53

tetradic

#53B3DA #BD53DA #DA7A53 #70DA53

square

#53B3DA #BD53DA #DA7A53 #70DA53

split-complementary

#53B3DA #DA5370 #DABD53

monochromatic

#207293 #2A99C5 #53B3DA #85C9E5 #B8E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#53B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3DA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3DA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e5',
    500: '#53b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3da;
$custom-light: #90c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3DA

secondary

#DFB9AA

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3DA

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

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