#53B2CE#53B2CE

#53B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CE
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -19.80, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 30.06, 228.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0749 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.098 220)
XYZ	xyz(30.6238, 38.1330, 64.1271)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CE #CE6F53

analogous

#53CEAD #53B2CE #5375CE

triadic

#53B2CE #CE53B2 #B2CE53

tetradic

#53B2CE #AD53CE #CE6F53 #75CE53

square

#53B2CE #AD53CE #CE6F53 #75CE53

split-complementary

#53B2CE #CE5375 #CEAD53

monochromatic

#256D82 #3394B1 #53B2CE #83C7DC #B2DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9dd',
    500: '#53b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ce;
$custom-light: #8fc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.659,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.38136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CE

secondary

#D8B1A5

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CE

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

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