#53B6CF#53B6CF

#53B6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6CF
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -21.57, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 30.33, 224.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0787 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.099 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5532, 39.7967, 65.0381)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6CF #CF6C53

analogous

#53CFAA #53B6CF #5378CF

triadic

#53B6CF #CF53B6 #B6CF53

tetradic

#53B6CF #AA53CF #CF6C53 #78CF53

square

#53B6CF #AA53CF #CF6C53 #78CF53

split-complementary

#53B6CF #CF5378 #CFAA53

monochromatic

#257083 #3299B3 #53B6CF #83CADC #B3DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#53B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6CF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6CF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccdd',
    500: '#53b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6cf;
$custom-light: #8fccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.097,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6CF

secondary

#D8B0A6

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6CF

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

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