#53B4DE#53B4DE

#53B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DE
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -15.98, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 33.63, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.071 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.109 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0682, 39.7521, 75.0233)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DE #DE7D53

analogous

#53DEC2 #53B4DE #536FDE

triadic

#53B4DE #DE53B4 #B4DE53

tetradic

#53B4DE #C253DE #DE7D53 #6FDE53

square

#53B4DE #C253DE #DE7D53 #6FDE53

split-complementary

#53B4DE #DE536F #DEC253

monochromatic

#1D7499 #279BCD #53B4DE #86CAE8 #BAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#53B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae8',
    500: '#53b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4de;
$custom-light: #90cae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DE

secondary

#E1BCAC

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →