#53B8DC#53B8DC

#53B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8DC
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -18.69, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 32.70, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0759 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.107 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6209, 41.2838, 73.8930)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8DC #DC7753

analogous

#53DCBB #53B8DC #5374DC

triadic

#53B8DC #DC53B8 #B8DC53

tetradic

#53B8DC #BB53DC #DC7753 #74DC53

square

#53B8DC #BB53DC #DC7753 #74DC53

split-complementary

#53B8DC #DC5374 #DCBB53

monochromatic

#1F7796 #299FC9 #53B8DC #86CDE6 #B9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#53B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8DC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8DC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde7',
    500: '#53b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8dc;
$custom-light: #90cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8DC

secondary

#E0B9AB

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8DC

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

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