#53B9DA#53B9DA

#53B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9DA
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -19.82, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 32.22, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0777 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.105 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5661, 41.5954, 72.5758)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9DA #DA7453

analogous

#53DAB8 #53B9DA #5376DA

triadic

#53B9DA #DA53B9 #B9DA53

tetradic

#53B9DA #B853DA #DA7453 #76DA53

square

#53B9DA #B853DA #DA7453 #76DA53

split-complementary

#53B9DA #DA5376 #DAB853

monochromatic

#207793 #2A9FC5 #53B9DA #85CDE5 #B8E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53B9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#53B9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9DA

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9DA	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee5',
    500: '#53b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9da;
$custom-light: #90cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9DA

secondary

#DFB7AA

accent

#6940E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9DA

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

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