#53B2DC#53B2DC

#53B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2DC
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -15.54, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 33.35, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0697 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.108 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4009, 38.8438, 73.4863)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2DC #DC7D53

analogous

#53DCC2 #53B2DC #536EDC

triadic

#53B2DC #DC53B2 #B2DC53

tetradic

#53B2DC #C253DC #DC7D53 #6EDC53

square

#53B2DC #C253DC #DC7D53 #6EDC53

split-complementary

#53B2DC #DC536E #DCC253

monochromatic

#1F7196 #2998C9 #53B2DC #86C9E6 #B9E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#53B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2DC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2DC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e7',
    500: '#53b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2dc;
$custom-light: #90c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2DC

secondary

#E0BBAB

accent

#733FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2DC

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

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