#53B0CF#53B0CF

#53B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0CF
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -18.46, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 30.28, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0723 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.098 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3506, 37.3917, 64.6372)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0CF #CF7253

analogous

#53CFB0 #53B0CF #5372CF

triadic

#53B0CF #CF53B0 #B0CF53

tetradic

#53B0CF #B053CF #CF7253 #72CF53

square

#53B0CF #B053CF #CF7253 #72CF53

split-complementary

#53B0CF #CF5372 #CFB053

monochromatic

#256B83 #3293B3 #53B0CF #83C6DC #B3DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53B0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53B0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0CF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0CF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7dd',
    500: '#53b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0cf;
$custom-light: #8fc7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0CF

secondary

#D8B2A6

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0CF

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

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