#53B4CC#53B4CC

#53B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.097 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4CC
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -21.43, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 29.81, 224.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0778 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.097 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7832, 38.8381, 62.9893)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4CC #CC6B53

analogous

#53CCA8 #53B4CC #5378CC

triadic

#53B4CC #CC53B4 #B4CC53

tetradic

#53B4CC #A853CC #CC6B53 #78CC53

square

#53B4CC #A853CC #CC6B53 #78CC53

split-complementary

#53B4CC #CC5378 #CCA853

monochromatic

#266D7F #3496AE #53B4CC #82C9DA #B1DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#53B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4CC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4CC	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.097 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecadb',
    500: '#53b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4cc;
$custom-light: #8ecadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4CC

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#674ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4CC

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

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