#53B8DA#53B8DA

#53B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8DA
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -19.30, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 32.26, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0767 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.105 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3576, 41.1785, 72.5064)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8DA #DA7553

analogous

#53DAB9 #53B8DA #5375DA

triadic

#53B8DA #DA53B8 #B8DA53

tetradic

#53B8DA #B953DA #DA7553 #75DA53

square

#53B8DA #B953DA #DA7553 #75DA53

split-complementary

#53B8DA #DA5375 #DAB953

monochromatic

#207693 #2A9EC5 #53B8DA #85CDE5 #B8E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#53B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8DA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8DA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde5',
    500: '#53b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8da;
$custom-light: #90cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8DA

secondary

#DFB7AA

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8DA

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

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