#53B6DE#53B6DE

#53B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6DE
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -17.03, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 33.37, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0731 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.108 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4748, 40.5654, 75.1588)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6DE #DE7B53

analogous

#53DEC0 #53B6DE #5371DE

triadic

#53B6DE #DE53B6 #B6DE53

tetradic

#53B6DE #C053DE #DE7B53 #71DE53

square

#53B6DE #C053DE #DE7B53 #71DE53

split-complementary

#53B6DE #DE5371 #DEC053

monochromatic

#1D7699 #279DCD #53B6DE #86CCE8 #BAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#53B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6DE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6DE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce8',
    500: '#53b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6de;
$custom-light: #90cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6DE

secondary

#E1BBAC

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6DE

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

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