#53B5CE#53B5CE

#53B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5CE
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -21.35, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 30.14, 224.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0781 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.098 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2273, 39.3399, 64.3282)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5CE #CE6C53

analogous

#53CEAA #53B5CE #5378CE

triadic

#53B5CE #CE53B5 #B5CE53

tetradic

#53B5CE #AA53CE #CE6C53 #78CE53

square

#53B5CE #AA53CE #CE6C53 #78CE53

split-complementary

#53B5CE #CE5378 #CEAA53

monochromatic

#256F82 #3398B1 #53B5CE #83C9DC #B2DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#53B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5CE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5CE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbdd',
    500: '#53b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5ce;
$custom-light: #8fcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5CE

secondary

#D8AFA5

accent

#6749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5CE

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

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