#53B2D5#53B2D5

#53B2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2D5
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -17.69, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 31.51, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0722 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.102 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4932, 38.4807, 68.7057)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2D5 #D57653

analogous

#53D5B7 #53B2D5 #5371D5

triadic

#53B2D5 #D553B2 #B2D553

tetradic

#53B2D5 #B753D5 #D57653 #71D553

square

#53B2D5 #B753D5 #D57653 #71D553

split-complementary

#53B2D5 #D55371 #D5B753

monochromatic

#226F8C #2E96BD #53B2D5 #84C8E1 #B5DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#53B2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2D5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2D5	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9e2',
    500: '#53b2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2d5;
$custom-light: #8fc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2D5

secondary

#DCB6A8

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2D5

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

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