#53B6DF#53B6DF

#53B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6DF
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -16.72, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 33.64, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0727 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.109 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6093, 40.6192, 75.8668)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6DF #DF7C53

analogous

#53DFC2 #53B6DF #5370DF

triadic

#53B6DF #DF53B6 #B6DF53

tetradic

#53B6DF #C253DF #DF7C53 #70DF53

square

#53B6DF #C253DF #DF7C53 #70DF53

split-complementary

#53B6DF #DF5370 #DFC253

monochromatic

#1D769B #269DCE #53B6DF #87CCE9 #BAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#53B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6DF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6DF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce9',
    500: '#53b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6df;
$custom-light: #91cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6DF

secondary

#E2BCAC

accent

#703CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6DF

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

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