#53B4CF#53B4CF

#53B4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4CF
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -20.54, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 30.26, 227.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0766 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.098 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1465, 38.9834, 64.9025)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4CF #CF6E53

analogous

#53CFAC #53B4CF #5376CF

triadic

#53B4CF #CF53B4 #B4CF53

tetradic

#53B4CF #AC53CF #CF6E53 #76CF53

square

#53B4CF #AC53CF #CF6E53 #76CF53

split-complementary

#53B4CF #CF5376 #CFAC53

monochromatic

#256E83 #3297B3 #53B4CF #83C9DC #B3DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4CF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4CF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcadd',
    500: '#53b4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4cf;
$custom-light: #8fcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.065,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4CF

secondary

#D8B1A6

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4CF

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

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