#53B0C8#53B0C8

#53B0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.094 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0C8
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -20.55, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 29.05, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.075 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.094 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5138, 37.0569, 60.2297)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0C8 #C86B53

analogous

#53C8A6 #53B0C8 #5375C8

triadic

#53B0C8 #C853B0 #B0C853

tetradic

#53B0C8 #A653C8 #C86B53 #75C853

square

#53B0C8 #A653C8 #C86B53 #75C853

split-complementary

#53B0C8 #C85375 #C8A653

monochromatic

#27697A #3691A8 #53B0C8 #81C5D7 #B0DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0C8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0C8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.094 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d8',
    500: '#53b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0c8;
$custom-light: #8ec7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71014,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0C8

secondary

#D4ADA3

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0C8

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

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