#53B4DB#53B4DB

#53B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DB
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -16.90, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 32.81, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0721 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.107 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6697, 39.5927, 72.9245)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DB #DB7A53

analogous

#53DBBE #53B4DB #5370DB

triadic

#53B4DB #DB53B4 #B4DB53

tetradic

#53B4DB #BE53DB #DB7A53 #70DB53

square

#53B4DB #BE53DB #DB7A53 #70DB53

split-complementary

#53B4DB #DB5370 #DBBE53

monochromatic

#1F7395 #2A9AC7 #53B4DB #86CAE6 #B8E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#53B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae6',
    500: '#53b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4db;
$custom-light: #90cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DB

secondary

#DFBAAA

accent

#703FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DB

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

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