#53B4D4#53B4D4

#53B4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4D4
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -19.04, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 31.18, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0747 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.102 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7675, 39.2318, 68.1729)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4D4 #D47353

analogous

#53D4B4 #53B4D4 #5373D4

triadic

#53B4D4 #D453B4 #B4D453

tetradic

#53B4D4 #B453D4 #D47353 #73D453

square

#53B4D4 #B453D4 #D47353 #73D453

split-complementary

#53B4D4 #D45373 #D4B453

monochromatic

#23708A #2F98BB #53B4D4 #84C9E0 #B5DFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#53B4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4D4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4D4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcae1',
    500: '#53b4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4d4;
$custom-light: #8fcae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4D4

secondary

#DBB4A8

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4D4

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

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