#53B3DE#53B3DE

#53B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3DE
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -15.45, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 33.78, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.07 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.109 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8670, 39.3498, 74.9562)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3DE #DE7E53

analogous

#53DEC3 #53B3DE #536EDE

triadic

#53B3DE #DE53B3 #B3DE53

tetradic

#53B3DE #C353DE #DE7E53 #6EDE53

square

#53B3DE #C353DE #DE7E53 #6EDE53

split-complementary

#53B3DE #DE536E #DEC353

monochromatic

#1D7399 #2799CD #53B3DE #86CAE8 #BAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#53B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3DE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3DE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e8',
    500: '#53b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3de;
$custom-light: #90c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72628,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3DE

secondary

#E1BCAC

accent

#733DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3DE

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

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