#53B2D0#53B2D0

#53B2D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D0
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -19.20, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 30.43, 230.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0741 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.099 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8683, 38.2308, 65.4148)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D0 #D07153

analogous

#53D0B0 #53B2D0 #5374D0

triadic

#53B2D0 #D053B2 #B2D053

tetradic

#53B2D0 #B053D0 #D07153 #74D053

square

#53B2D0 #B053D0 #D07153 #74D053

split-complementary

#53B2D0 #D05374 #D0B053

monochromatic

#246D84 #3195B4 #53B2D0 #83C8DD #B3DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#53B2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D0

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D0	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9de',
    500: '#53b2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d0;
$custom-light: #8fc9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D0

secondary

#D9B2A6

accent

#6C47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D0

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

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