#53B4D2#53B4D2

#53B4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4D2
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -19.64, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 30.78, 230.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0755 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.1 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5168, 39.1315, 66.8525)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4D2 #D27153

analogous

#53D2B0 #53B4D2 #5375D2

triadic

#53B4D2 #D253B4 #B4D253

tetradic

#53B4D2 #B053D2 #D27153 #75D253

square

#53B4D2 #B053D2 #D27153 #75D253

split-complementary

#53B4D2 #D25375 #D2B053

monochromatic

#237087 #3098B8 #53B4D2 #84C9DF #B4DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#53B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4D2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4D2	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)

#A2B0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadf',
    500: '#53b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4d2;
$custom-light: #8fcadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72354,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4D2

secondary

#DAB3A7

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4D2

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

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