#53B4DD#53B4DD

#53B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DD
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -16.29, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 33.35, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0714 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.108 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9346, 39.6986, 74.3195)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DD #DD7C53

analogous

#53DDC1 #53B4DD #536FDD

triadic

#53B4DD #DD53B4 #B4DD53

tetradic

#53B4DD #C153DD #DD7C53 #6FDD53

square

#53B4DD #C153DD #DD7C53 #6FDD53

split-complementary

#53B4DD #DD536F #DDC153

monochromatic

#1E7398 #289ACB #53B4DD #86CAE7 #B9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#53B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae7',
    500: '#53b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4dd;
$custom-light: #90cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DD

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DD

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

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