#53B3DD#53B3DD

#53B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3DD
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.76, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 33.49, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0703 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.108 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7334, 39.2963, 74.2525)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3DD #DD7D53

analogous

#53DDC2 #53B3DD #536EDD

triadic

#53B3DD #DD53B3 #B3DD53

tetradic

#53B3DD #C253DD #DD7D53 #6EDD53

square

#53B3DD #C253DD #DD7D53 #6EDD53

split-complementary

#53B3DD #DD536E #DDC253

monochromatic

#1E7398 #2899CB #53B3DD #86CAE7 #B9E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#53B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3DD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3DD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#53b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3dd;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3DD

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#723EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3DD

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

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