#53B0CB#53B0CB

#53B0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0CB
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -19.66, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 29.52, 228.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0739 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.096 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8678, 37.1985, 62.0943)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0CB #CB6E53

analogous

#53CBAA #53B0CB #5374CB

triadic

#53B0CB #CB53B0 #B0CB53

tetradic

#53B0CB #AA53CB #CB6E53 #74CB53

square

#53B0CB #AA53CB #CB6E53 #74CB53

split-complementary

#53B0CB #CB5374 #CBAA53

monochromatic

#266A7E #3492AD #53B0CB #82C6D9 #B1DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53B0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0CB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0CB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7da',
    500: '#53b0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0cb;
$custom-light: #8ec7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.09591,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0CB

secondary

#D6AFA4

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0CB

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

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