#53B9DC#53B9DC

#53B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9DC
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -19.21, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 32.64, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.077 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.106 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8294, 41.7008, 73.9625)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9DC #DC7653

analogous

#53DCBA #53B9DC #5375DC

triadic

#53B9DC #DC53B9 #B9DC53

tetradic

#53B9DC #BA53DC #DC7653 #75DC53

square

#53B9DC #BA53DC #DC7653 #75DC53

split-complementary

#53B9DC #DC5375 #DCBA53

monochromatic

#1F7896 #29A0C9 #53B9DC #86CEE6 #B9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9DC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9DC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee7',
    500: '#53b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9dc;
$custom-light: #90cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9DC

secondary

#E0B8AB

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9DC

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

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