#53B1CA#53B1CA

#53B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.095 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1CA
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -20.48, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 29.38, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0753 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.095 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9458, 37.5446, 61.5344)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1CA #CA6C53

analogous

#53CAA7 #53B1CA #5375CA

triadic

#53B1CA #CA53B1 #B1CA53

tetradic

#53B1CA #A753CA #CA6C53 #75CA53

square

#53B1CA #A753CA #CA6C53 #75CA53

split-complementary

#53B1CA #CA5375 #CAA753

monochromatic

#266A7C #3592AB #53B1CA #82C6D8 #B1DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#53B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1CA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1CA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.095 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8da',
    500: '#53b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1ca;
$custom-light: #8ec8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1CA

secondary

#D5AEA4

accent

#6A4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1CA

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

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