#53B6DA#53B6DA

#53B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6DA
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -18.26, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 32.38, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0746 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.105 225)
XYZ	xyz(32.9451, 40.3535, 72.3688)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6DA #DA7753

analogous

#53DABB #53B6DA #5373DA

triadic

#53B6DA #DA53B6 #B6DA53

tetradic

#53B6DA #BB53DA #DA7753 #73DA53

square

#53B6DA #BB53DA #DA7753 #73DA53

split-complementary

#53B6DA #DA5373 #DABB53

monochromatic

#207493 #2A9CC5 #53B6DA #85CBE5 #B8E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#53B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6DA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6DA	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce5',
    500: '#53b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6da;
$custom-light: #90cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6DA

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6DA

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

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