#53B8D7#53B8D7

#53B8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8D7
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -20.21, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 31.67, 230.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0778 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.103 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9686, 41.0229, 70.4576)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8D7 #D77253

analogous

#53D7B4 #53B8D7 #5376D7

triadic

#53B8D7 #D753B8 #B8D753

tetradic

#53B8D7 #B453D7 #D77253 #76D753

square

#53B8D7 #B453D7 #D77253 #76D753

split-complementary

#53B8D7 #D75376 #D7B453

monochromatic

#21758E #2D9DC0 #53B8D7 #85CCE3 #B6E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53B8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8D7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8D7	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)

#A5B4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde3',
    500: '#53b8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8d7;
$custom-light: #90cde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8D7

secondary

#DDB5A9

accent

#6942E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8D7

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

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