#53B6DC#53B6DC

#53B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6DC
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -17.65, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 32.86, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0738 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.107 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2084, 40.4588, 73.7555)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6DC #DC7953

analogous

#53DCBD #53B6DC #5372DC

triadic

#53B6DC #DC53B6 #B6DC53

tetradic

#53B6DC #BD53DC #DC7953 #72DC53

square

#53B6DC #BD53DC #DC7953 #72DC53

split-complementary

#53B6DC #DC5372 #DCBD53

monochromatic

#1F7596 #299DC9 #53B6DC #86CCE6 #B9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6DC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6DC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce7',
    500: '#53b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6dc;
$custom-light: #90cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73234,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6DC

secondary

#E0BAAB

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6DC

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

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