#53B3CB#53B3CB

#53B3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.096 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3CB
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -21.21, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 29.62, 224.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0771 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.096 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4625, 38.3880, 62.2926)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3CB #CB6B53

analogous

#53CBA7 #53B3CB #5377CB

triadic

#53B3CB #CB53B3 #B3CB53

tetradic

#53B3CB #A753CB #CB6B53 #77CB53

square

#53B3CB #A753CB #CB6B53 #77CB53

split-complementary

#53B3CB #CB5377 #CBA753

monochromatic

#266C7E #3495AD #53B3CB #82C8D9 #B1DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#53B3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#53B3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3CB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3CB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.096 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecada',
    500: '#53b3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3cb;
$custom-light: #8ecada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71838,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3CB

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#684BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3CB

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

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