#53B2CD#53B2CD

#53B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.097 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CD
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.10, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 29.89, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0752 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.097 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5027, 38.0845, 63.4893)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CD #CD6E53

analogous

#53CDAB #53B2CD #5375CD

triadic

#53B2CD #CD53B2 #B2CD53

tetradic

#53B2CD #AB53CD #CD6E53 #75CD53

square

#53B2CD #AB53CD #CD6E53 #75CD53

split-complementary

#53B2CD #CD5375 #CDAB53

monochromatic

#256C80 #3394B0 #53B2CD #82C7DB #B2DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.097 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9dc',
    500: '#53b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2cd;
$custom-light: #8ec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.279,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71683,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CD

secondary

#D7B0A5

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CD

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

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