#53B7DA#53B7DA

#53B7DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DA
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -18.78, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 32.32, 234.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0756 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.105 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1506, 40.7645, 72.4374)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DA #DA7653

analogous

#53DABA #53B7DA #5374DA

triadic

#53B7DA #DA53B7 #B7DA53

tetradic

#53B7DA #BA53DA #DA7653 #74DA53

square

#53B7DA #BA53DA #DA7653 #74DA53

split-complementary

#53B7DA #DA5374 #DABA53

monochromatic

#207593 #2A9DC5 #53B7DA #85CCE5 #B8E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#53B7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce5',
    500: '#53b7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7da;
$custom-light: #90cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DA

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DA

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

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