#53B3DB#53B3DB

#53B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3DB
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -16.38, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 32.93, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0711 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.107 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4685, 39.1904, 72.8575)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3DB #DB7B53

analogous

#53DBBF #53B3DB #536FDB

triadic

#53B3DB #DB53B3 #B3DB53

tetradic

#53B3DB #BF53DB #DB7B53 #6FDB53

square

#53B3DB #BF53DB #DB7B53 #6FDB53

split-complementary

#53B3DB #DB536F #DBBF53

monochromatic

#1F7295 #2A99C7 #53B3DB #86C9E6 #B8E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#53B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3DB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3DB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e6',
    500: '#53b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3db;
$custom-light: #90c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3DB

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#713FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3DB

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

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