#53B4CD#53B4CD

#53B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.097 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4CD
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -21.13, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 29.95, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0774 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.097 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9036, 38.8862, 63.6229)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4CD #CD6C53

analogous

#53CDA9 #53B4CD #5377CD

triadic

#53B4CD #CD53B4 #B4CD53

tetradic

#53B4CD #A953CD #CD6C53 #77CD53

square

#53B4CD #A953CD #CD6C53 #77CD53

split-complementary

#53B4CD #CD5377 #CDA953

monochromatic

#256E80 #3396B0 #53B4CD #82C9DB #B2DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#53B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4CD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4CD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.097 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadc',
    500: '#53b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4cd;
$custom-light: #8fcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4CD

secondary

#D7AFA5

accent

#684ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4CD

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

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