#53B4DF#53B4DF

#53B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4DF
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -15.67, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 33.91, 242.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0707 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.11 230)
XYZ	xyz(33.2026, 39.8058, 75.7312)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4DF #DF7E53

analogous

#53DFC4 #53B4DF #536EDF

triadic

#53B4DF #DF53B4 #B4DF53

tetradic

#53B4DF #C453DF #DF7E53 #6EDF53

square

#53B4DF #C453DF #DF7E53 #6EDF53

split-complementary

#53B4DF #DF536E #DFC453

monochromatic

#1D749B #269BCE #53B4DF #87CAE9 #BAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4DF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4DF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cae9',
    500: '#53b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4df;
$custom-light: #90cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.39809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4DF

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#723CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4DF

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

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