#53B2CA#53B2CA

#53B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CA
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -20.99, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 29.43, 224.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0764 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.095 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1441, 37.9411, 61.6004)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CA #CA6B53

analogous

#53CAA6 #53B2CA #5376CA

triadic

#53B2CA #CA53B2 #B2CA53

tetradic

#53B2CA #A653CA #CA6B53 #76CA53

square

#53B2CA #A653CA #CA6B53 #76CA53

split-complementary

#53B2CA #CA5376 #CAA653

monochromatic

#266B7C #3593AB #53B2CA #82C7D8 #B1DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#53B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CA	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9da',
    500: '#53b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ca;
$custom-light: #8ec9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71564,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CA

secondary

#D5AEA4

accent

#694CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CA

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

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