#53B4DA#53B4DA

#53B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DA
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -17.21, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 32.56, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0725 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.106 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5384, 39.5402, 72.2333)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DA #DA7953

analogous

#53DABD #53B4DA #5371DA

triadic

#53B4DA #DA53B4 #B4DA53

tetradic

#53B4DA #BD53DA #DA7953 #71DA53

square

#53B4DA #BD53DA #DA7953 #71DA53

split-complementary

#53B4DA #DA5371 #DABD53

monochromatic

#207393 #2A9AC5 #53B4DA #85CAE5 #B8E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#53B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae5',
    500: '#53b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4da;
$custom-light: #90cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DA

secondary

#DFB9AA

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DA

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

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