#53B7DF#53B7DF

#53B7DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7DF
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -17.25, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 33.52, 239.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0738 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.109 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8148, 41.0302, 75.9353)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7DF #DF7B53

analogous

#53DFC1 #53B7DF #5371DF

triadic

#53B7DF #DF53B7 #B7DF53

tetradic

#53B7DF #C153DF #DF7B53 #71DF53

square

#53B7DF #C153DF #DF7B53 #71DF53

split-complementary

#53B7DF #DF5371 #DFC153

monochromatic

#1D779B #269ECE #53B7DF #87CDE9 #BAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53B7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7DF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7DF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce9',
    500: '#53b7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7df;
$custom-light: #91cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73592,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7DF

secondary

#E2BBAC

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7DF

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

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