#53B9DE#53B9DE

#53B9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9DE
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.60, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 33.09, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0762 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.108 225)
XYZ	xyz(34.0958, 41.8073, 75.3658)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9DE #DE7853

analogous

#53DEBD #53B9DE #5374DE

triadic

#53B9DE #DE53B9 #B9DE53

tetradic

#53B9DE #BD53DE #DE7853 #74DE53

square

#53B9DE #BD53DE #DE7853 #74DE53

split-complementary

#53B9DE #DE5374 #DEBD53

monochromatic

#1D7899 #27A1CD #53B9DE #86CEE8 #BAE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53B9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53B9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9DE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9DE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cee8',
    500: '#53b9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9de;
$custom-light: #91cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.41811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9DE

secondary

#E1BAAC

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9DE

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

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