#53B5DF#53B5DF

#53B5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5DF
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -16.20, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 33.77, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0717 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.11 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4052, 40.2110, 75.7988)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5DF #DF7D53

analogous

#53DFC3 #53B5DF #536FDF

triadic

#53B5DF #DF53B5 #B5DF53

tetradic

#53B5DF #C353DF #DF7D53 #6FDF53

square

#53B5DF #C353DF #DF7D53 #6FDF53

split-complementary

#53B5DF #DF536F #DFC353

monochromatic

#1D759B #269CCE #53B5DF #87CBE9 #BAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#53B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5DF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5DF	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbe9',
    500: '#53b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5df;
$custom-light: #91cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5DF

secondary

#E2BCAC

accent

#713CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5DF

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

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