#53B8DD#53B8DD

#53B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8DD
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -18.39, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 32.93, 236.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0756 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.107 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7537, 41.3370, 74.5926)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8DD #DD7853

analogous

#53DDBD #53B8DD #5373DD

triadic

#53B8DD #DD53B8 #B8DD53

tetradic

#53B8DD #BD53DD #DD7853 #73DD53

square

#53B8DD #BD53DD #DD7853 #73DD53

split-complementary

#53B8DD #DD5373 #DDBD53

monochromatic

#1E7798 #289FCB #53B8DD #86CDE7 #B9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#53B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8DD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8DD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde7',
    500: '#53b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8dd;
$custom-light: #90cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73738,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8DD

secondary

#E1B9AB

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8DD

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

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