#53B2CF#53B2CF

#53B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2CF
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -19.50, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 30.24, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0745 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.098 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7457, 38.1817, 64.7689)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2CF #CF7053

analogous

#53CFAE #53B2CF #5374CF

triadic

#53B2CF #CF53B2 #B2CF53

tetradic

#53B2CF #AE53CF #CF7053 #74CF53

square

#53B2CF #AE53CF #CF7053 #74CF53

split-complementary

#53B2CF #CF5374 #CFAE53

monochromatic

#256D83 #3295B3 #53B2CF #83C7DC #B3DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#53B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2CF

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2CF	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9dd',
    500: '#53b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2cf;
$custom-light: #8fc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.032,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2CF

secondary

#D8B1A6

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2CF

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

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