#53B5DE#53B5DE

#53B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5DE
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -16.51, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 33.50, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0721 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.109 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2708, 40.1573, 75.0908)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5DE #DE7C53

analogous

#53DEC2 #53B5DE #536FDE

triadic

#53B5DE #DE53B5 #B5DE53

tetradic

#53B5DE #C253DE #DE7C53 #6FDE53

square

#53B5DE #C253DE #DE7C53 #6FDE53

split-complementary

#53B5DE #DE536F #DEC253

monochromatic

#1D7599 #279CCD #53B5DE #86CBE8 #BAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#53B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5DE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5DE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbe8',
    500: '#53b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5de;
$custom-light: #90cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73088,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5DE

secondary

#E1BBAC

accent

#703DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5DE

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

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