#53B4DC#53B4DC

#53B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DC
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -16.60, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 33.08, 239.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0717 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.107 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8017, 39.6455, 73.6199)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DC #DC7B53

analogous

#53DCC0 #53B4DC #5370DC

triadic

#53B4DC #DC53B4 #B4DC53

tetradic

#53B4DC #C053DC #DC7B53 #70DC53

square

#53B4DC #C053DC #DC7B53 #70DC53

split-complementary

#53B4DC #DC5370 #DCC053

monochromatic

#1F7396 #299AC9 #53B4DC #86CAE6 #B9E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#53B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae7',
    500: '#53b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4dc;
$custom-light: #90cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DC

secondary

#E0BAAB

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DC

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

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