#53B0CA#53B0CA

#53B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.095 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0CA
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -19.96, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 29.35, 227.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0742 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.095 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7490, 37.1510, 61.4688)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0CA #CA6D53

analogous

#53CAA8 #53B0CA #5374CA

triadic

#53B0CA #CA53B0 #B0CA53

tetradic

#53B0CA #A853CA #CA6D53 #74CA53

square

#53B0CA #A853CA #CA6D53 #74CA53

split-complementary

#53B0CA #CA5374 #CAA853

monochromatic

#266A7C #3591AB #53B0CA #82C5D8 #B1DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#53B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0CA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0CA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.095 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7da',
    500: '#53b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0ca;
$custom-light: #8ec7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0CA

secondary

#D5AFA4

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0CA

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

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