#53B7DE#53B7DE

#53B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DE
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -17.56, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 33.27, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0741 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.108 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6804, 40.9764, 75.2273)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DE #DE7A53

analogous

#53DEC0 #53B7DE #5371DE

triadic

#53B7DE #DE53B7 #B7DE53

tetradic

#53B7DE #C053DE #DE7A53 #71DE53

square

#53B7DE #C053DE #DE7A53 #71DE53

split-complementary

#53B7DE #DE5371 #DEC053

monochromatic

#1D7699 #279ECD #53B7DE #86CCE8 #BAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#53B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce8',
    500: '#53b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7de;
$custom-light: #91cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DE

secondary

#E1BBAC

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DE

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

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