#53B8DB#53B8DB

#53B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8DB
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -19.00, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 32.48, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0763 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.106 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4889, 41.2310, 73.1976)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8DB #DB7653

analogous

#53DBBA #53B8DB #5374DB

triadic

#53B8DB #DB53B8 #B8DB53

tetradic

#53B8DB #BA53DB #DB7653 #74DB53

square

#53B8DB #BA53DB #DB7653 #74DB53

split-complementary

#53B8DB #DB5374 #DBBA53

monochromatic

#1F7695 #2A9FC7 #53B8DB #86CDE6 #B8E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#53B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8DB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8DB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde6',
    500: '#53b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8db;
$custom-light: #90cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8DB

secondary

#DFB8AA

accent

#6B3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8DB

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

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