#53B0CD#53B0CD

#53B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0CD
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -19.06, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 29.88, 230.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0731 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.097 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1077, 37.2945, 63.3576)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0CD #CD7053

analogous

#53CDAD #53B0CD #5373CD

triadic

#53B0CD #CD53B0 #B0CD53

tetradic

#53B0CD #AD53CD #CD7053 #73CD53

square

#53B0CD #AD53CD #CD7053 #73CD53

split-complementary

#53B0CD #CD5373 #CDAD53

monochromatic

#256B80 #3392B0 #53B0CD #82C6DB #B2DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0CD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0CD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7dc',
    500: '#53b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0cd;
$custom-light: #8ec7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71215,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0CD

secondary

#D7B1A5

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0CD

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

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