#53B5CF#53B5CF

#53B5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5CF
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -21.06, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 30.29, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0777 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.098 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3491, 39.3886, 64.9700)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5CF #CF6D53

analogous

#53CFAB #53B5CF #5377CF

triadic

#53B5CF #CF53B5 #B5CF53

tetradic

#53B5CF #AB53CF #CF6D53 #77CF53

square

#53B5CF #AB53CF #CF6D53 #77CF53

split-complementary

#53B5CF #CF5377 #CFAB53

monochromatic

#256F83 #3298B3 #53B5CF #83CADC #B3DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#53B5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#53B5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5CF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5CF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbdd',
    500: '#53b5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5cf;
$custom-light: #8fcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5CF

secondary

#D8B0A6

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5CF

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

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