#53B8DE#53B8DE

#53B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8DE
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -18.08, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.17, 236.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0752 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.108 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8874, 41.3904, 75.2963)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8DE #DE7953

analogous

#53DEBF #53B8DE #5372DE

triadic

#53B8DE #DE53B8 #B8DE53

tetradic

#53B8DE #BF53DE #DE7953 #72DE53

square

#53B8DE #BF53DE #DE7953 #72DE53

split-complementary

#53B8DE #DE5372 #DEBF53

monochromatic

#1D7799 #279FCD #53B8DE #86CDE8 #BAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#53B8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#53B8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8DE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8DE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cde8',
    500: '#53b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8de;
$custom-light: #91cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8DE

secondary

#E1BAAC

accent

#6D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8DE

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

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