#53B5CD#53B5CD

#53B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.097 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5CD
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -21.65, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 30.01, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0785 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.097 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1062, 39.2914, 63.6905)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5CD #CD6B53

analogous

#53CDA8 #53B5CD #5378CD

triadic

#53B5CD #CD53B5 #B5CD53

tetradic

#53B5CD #A853CD #CD6B53 #78CD53

square

#53B5CD #A853CD #CD6B53 #78CD53

split-complementary

#53B5CD #CD5378 #CDA853

monochromatic

#256E80 #3397B0 #53B5CD #82C9DB #B2DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#53B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5CD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5CD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.097 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbdc',
    500: '#53b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5cd;
$custom-light: #8fcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5CD

secondary

#D7AFA5

accent

#674ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5CD

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

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