#53B3DF#53B3DF

#53B3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3DF
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -15.14, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 34.07, 243.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0696 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.11 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0015, 39.4035, 75.6642)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3DF #DF7F53

analogous

#53DFC5 #53B3DF #536DDF

triadic

#53B3DF #DF53B3 #B3DF53

tetradic

#53B3DF #C553DF #DF7F53 #6DDF53

square

#53B3DF #C553DF #DF7F53 #6DDF53

split-complementary

#53B3DF #DF536D #DFC553

monochromatic

#1D739B #269ACE #53B3DF #87CAE9 #BAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#53B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3DF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3DF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e9',
    500: '#53b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3df;
$custom-light: #90c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3DF

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#733CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3DF

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

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