#53B2CB#53B2CB

#53B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.096 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CB
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -20.70, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 29.57, 225.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.076 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.096 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2629, 37.9886, 62.2260)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CB #CB6C53

analogous

#53CBA8 #53B2CB #5376CB

triadic

#53B2CB #CB53B2 #B2CB53

tetradic

#53B2CB #A853CB #CB6C53 #76CB53

square

#53B2CB #A853CB #CB6C53 #76CB53

split-complementary

#53B2CB #CB5376 #CBA853

monochromatic

#266B7E #3494AD #53B2CB #82C7D9 #B1DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#53B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.096 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9da',
    500: '#53b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2cb;
$custom-light: #8ec9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CB

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#694BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CB

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

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