#53B6DD#53B6DD

#53B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6DD
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -17.34, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 33.12, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0735 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.108 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.3412, 40.5119, 74.4551)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6DD #DD7A53

analogous

#53DDBF #53B6DD #5371DD

triadic

#53B6DD #DD53B6 #B6DD53

tetradic

#53B6DD #BF53DD #DD7A53 #71DD53

square

#53B6DD #BF53DD #DD7A53 #71DD53

split-complementary

#53B6DD #DD5371 #DDBF53

monochromatic

#1E7598 #289DCB #53B6DD #86CCE7 #B9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#53B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6DD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6DD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce7',
    500: '#53b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6dd;
$custom-light: #90cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6DD

secondary

#E1BAAB

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6DD

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

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