#53B1CD#53B1CD

#53B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1CD
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -19.58, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 29.88, 229.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0742 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.097 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3045, 37.6881, 63.4232)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1CD #CD6F53

analogous

#53CDAC #53B1CD #5374CD

triadic

#53B1CD #CD53B1 #B1CD53

tetradic

#53B1CD #AC53CD #CD6F53 #74CD53

square

#53B1CD #AC53CD #CD6F53 #74CD53

split-complementary

#53B1CD #CD5374 #CDAC53

monochromatic

#256B80 #3393B0 #53B1CD #82C7DB #B2DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#53B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1CD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1CD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8dc',
    500: '#53b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1cd;
$custom-light: #8ec8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71449,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1CD

secondary

#D7B0A5

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1CD

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

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