#53B2CC#53B2CC

#53B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CC
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -20.40, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 29.73, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0756 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.097 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3824, 38.0364, 62.8556)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CC #CC6D53

analogous

#53CCAA #53B2CC #5376CC

triadic

#53B2CC #CC53B2 #B2CC53

tetradic

#53B2CC #AA53CC #CC6D53 #76CC53

square

#53B2CC #AA53CC #CC6D53 #76CC53

split-complementary

#53B2CC #CC5376 #CCAA53

monochromatic

#266C7F #3494AE #53B2CC #82C7DA #B1DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#53B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9db',
    500: '#53b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2cc;
$custom-light: #8ec9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.893,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71643,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CC

secondary

#D6AFA4

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CC

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

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