#53B7DB#53B7DB

#53B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DB
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -18.48, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 32.54, 235.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0752 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.106 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2819, 40.8170, 73.1286)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DB #DB7753

analogous

#53DBBB #53B7DB #5373DB

triadic

#53B7DB #DB53B7 #B7DB53

tetradic

#53B7DB #BB53DB #DB7753 #73DB53

square

#53B7DB #BB53DB #DB7753 #73DB53

split-complementary

#53B7DB #DB5373 #DBBB53

monochromatic

#1F7595 #2A9DC7 #53B7DB #86CCE6 #B8E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#53B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DB	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce6',
    500: '#53b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7db;
$custom-light: #90cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DB

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DB

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

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