#53B3CE#53B3CE

#53B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3CE
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -20.32, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 30.07, 227.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0759 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.098 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8235, 38.5324, 64.1936)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3CE #CE6E53

analogous

#53CEAC #53B3CE #5376CE

triadic

#53B3CE #CE53B3 #B3CE53

tetradic

#53B3CE #AC53CE #CE6E53 #76CE53

square

#53B3CE #AC53CE #CE6E53 #76CE53

split-complementary

#53B3CE #CE5376 #CEAC53

monochromatic

#256D82 #3395B1 #53B3CE #83C8DC #B2DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#53B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3CE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3CE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadd',
    500: '#53b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3ce;
$custom-light: #8fcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71958,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3CE

secondary

#D8B0A5

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →