#53B5CC#53B5CC

#53B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5CC
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -21.94, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 29.88, 222.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0789 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.097 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9858, 39.2433, 63.0568)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5CC #CC6A53

analogous

#53CCA7 #53B5CC #5379CC

triadic

#53B5CC #CC53B5 #B5CC53

tetradic

#53B5CC #A753CC #CC6A53 #79CC53

square

#53B5CC #A753CC #CC6A53 #79CC53

split-complementary

#53B5CC #CC5379 #CCA753

monochromatic

#266E7F #3497AE #53B5CC #82C9DA #B1DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#53B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5CC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5CC	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)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbdb',
    500: '#53b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5cc;
$custom-light: #8fcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5CC

secondary

#D6AEA4

accent

#664ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5CC

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

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