#53B4D5#53B4D5

#53B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4D5
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -18.74, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 31.39, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0743 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.102 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8940, 39.2824, 68.8393)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4D5 #D57453

analogous

#53D5B5 #53B4D5 #5373D5

triadic

#53B4D5 #D553B4 #B4D553

tetradic

#53B4D5 #B553D5 #D57453 #73D553

square

#53B4D5 #B553D5 #D57453 #73D553

split-complementary

#53B4D5 #D55373 #D5B553

monochromatic

#22718C #2E99BD #53B4D5 #84C9E1 #B5DFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#53B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4D5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4D5	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)

#A1B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae2',
    500: '#53b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4d5;
$custom-light: #8fcae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4D5

secondary

#DCB5A8

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4D5

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

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