#53B3CF#53B3CF

#53B3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3CF
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -20.02, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 30.24, 228.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0755 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.098 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9454, 38.5811, 64.8355)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3CF #CF6F53

analogous

#53CFAD #53B3CF #5375CF

triadic

#53B3CF #CF53B3 #B3CF53

tetradic

#53B3CF #AD53CF #CF6F53 #75CF53

square

#53B3CF #AD53CF #CF6F53 #75CF53

split-complementary

#53B3CF #CF5375 #CFAD53

monochromatic

#256E83 #3296B3 #53B3CF #83C8DC #B3DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3CF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3CF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadd',
    500: '#53b3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3cf;
$custom-light: #8fcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71998,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3CF

secondary

#D8B1A6

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3CF

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

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