#53B5DD#53B5DD

#53B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5DD
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -16.81, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 33.23, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0724 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.108 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1372, 40.1038, 74.3871)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5DD #DD7B53

analogous

#53DDC0 #53B5DD #5370DD

triadic

#53B5DD #DD53B5 #B5DD53

tetradic

#53B5DD #C053DD #DD7B53 #70DD53

square

#53B5DD #C053DD #DD7B53 #70DD53

split-complementary

#53B5DD #DD5370 #DDC053

monochromatic

#1E7498 #289CCB #53B5DD #86CBE7 #B9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#53B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5DD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5DD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe7',
    500: '#53b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5dd;
$custom-light: #90cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5DD

secondary

#E1BBAB

accent

#703EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5DD

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

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