#53B5DA#53B5DA

#53B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5DA
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -17.74, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 32.46, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0735 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.106 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7410, 39.9454, 72.3008)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5DA #DA7853

analogous

#53DABB #53B5DA #5372DA

triadic

#53B5DA #DA53B5 #B5DA53

tetradic

#53B5DA #BB53DA #DA7853 #72DA53

square

#53B5DA #BB53DA #DA7853 #72DA53

split-complementary

#53B5DA #DA5372 #DABB53

monochromatic

#207393 #2A9BC5 #53B5DA #85CBE5 #B8E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#53B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5DA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5DA	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe5',
    500: '#53b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5da;
$custom-light: #90cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5DA

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5DA

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

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