#53B2C8#53B2C8

#53B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.094 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2C8
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -21.58, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 29.17, 222.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0772 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.094 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9088, 37.8470, 60.3614)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2C8 #C86953

analogous

#53C8A3 #53B2C8 #5377C8

triadic

#53B2C8 #C853B2 #B2C853

tetradic

#53B2C8 #A353C8 #C86953 #77C853

square

#53B2C8 #A353C8 #C86953 #77C853

split-complementary

#53B2C8 #C85377 #C8A353

monochromatic

#276A7A #3693A8 #53B2C8 #81C7D7 #B0DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#53B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.094 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9d8',
    500: '#53b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2c8;
$custom-light: #8ec9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2C8

secondary

#D4ACA3

accent

#684DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2C8

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

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