#53B7D4#53B7D4

#53B7D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7D4
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -20.59, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 31.13, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0779 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.101 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3797, 40.4562, 68.3770)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7D4 #D47053

analogous

#53D4B0 #53B7D4 #5377D4

triadic

#53B7D4 #D453B7 #B7D453

tetradic

#53B7D4 #B053D4 #D47053 #77D453

square

#53B7D4 #B053D4 #D47053 #77D453

split-complementary

#53B7D4 #D45377 #D4B053

monochromatic

#23738A #2F9CBB #53B7D4 #84CBE0 #B5E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B7D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#53B7D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7D4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7D4	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)

#A5B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcce1',
    500: '#53b7d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7d4;
$custom-light: #8fcce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.488,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7D4

secondary

#DBB3A8

accent

#6845E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7D4

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

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