#53B7DD#53B7DD

#53B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DD
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -17.86, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.02, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0745 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5467, 40.9230, 74.5236)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DD #DD7953

analogous

#53DDBE #53B7DD #5372DD

triadic

#53B7DD #DD53B7 #B7DD53

tetradic

#53B7DD #BE53DD #DD7953 #72DD53

square

#53B7DD #BE53DD #DD7953 #72DD53

split-complementary

#53B7DD #DD5372 #DDBE53

monochromatic

#1E7698 #289ECB #53B7DD #86CCE7 #B9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#53B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cce7',
    500: '#53b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7dd;
$custom-light: #90cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DD

secondary

#E1BAAB

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DD

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

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