#53B2D4#53B2D4

#53B2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D4
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -17.99, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 31.27, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0726 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.102 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3666, 38.4301, 68.0393)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D4 #D47553

analogous

#53D4B5 #53B2D4 #5371D4

triadic

#53B2D4 #D453B2 #B2D453

tetradic

#53B2D4 #B553D4 #D47553 #71D453

square

#53B2D4 #B553D4 #D47553 #71D453

split-complementary

#53B2D4 #D45371 #D4B553

monochromatic

#236F8A #2F96BB #53B2D4 #84C8E0 #B5DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#53B2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D4

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D4	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e1',
    500: '#53b2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d4;
$custom-light: #8fc9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D4

secondary

#DBB5A8

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D4

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

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