#53B7DC#53B7DC

#53B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DC
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -18.17, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 32.78, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0749 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.107 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4139, 40.8699, 73.8240)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DC #DC7853

analogous

#53DCBC #53B7DC #5373DC

triadic

#53B7DC #DC53B7 #B7DC53

tetradic

#53B7DC #BC53DC #DC7853 #73DC53

square

#53B7DC #BC53DC #DC7853 #73DC53

split-complementary

#53B7DC #DC5373 #DCBC53

monochromatic

#1F7696 #299EC9 #53B7DC #86CCE6 #B9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#53B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce7',
    500: '#53b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7dc;
$custom-light: #90cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DC

secondary

#E0B9AB

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DC

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

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