#53B0CC#53B0CC

#53B0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0CC
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -19.36, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 29.70, 229.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0735 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.097 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9874, 37.2463, 62.7240)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0CC #CC6F53

analogous

#53CCAC #53B0CC #5374CC

triadic

#53B0CC #CC53B0 #B0CC53

tetradic

#53B0CC #AC53CC #CC6F53 #74CC53

square

#53B0CC #AC53CC #CC6F53 #74CC53

split-complementary

#53B0CC #CC5374 #CCAC53

monochromatic

#266A7F #3492AE #53B0CC #82C6DA #B1DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53B0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#53B0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0CC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0CC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7db',
    500: '#53b0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0cc;
$custom-light: #8ec7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0CC

secondary

#D6B0A4

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0CC

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

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