#53B4D8#53B4D8

#53B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4D8
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -17.82, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 32.06, 236.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0732 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.104 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2783, 39.4361, 70.8633)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4D8 #D87753

analogous

#53D8BA #53B4D8 #5371D8

triadic

#53B4D8 #D853B4 #B4D853

tetradic

#53B4D8 #BA53D8 #D87753 #71D853

square

#53B4D8 #BA53D8 #D87753 #71D853

split-complementary

#53B4D8 #D85371 #D8BA53

monochromatic

#217290 #2C99C2 #53B4D8 #85CAE3 #B7E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#53B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4D8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4D8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae4',
    500: '#53b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4d8;
$custom-light: #90cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4D8

secondary

#DEB7A9

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4D8

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

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