#53B6D2#53B6D2

#53B6D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6D2
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -20.68, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 30.79, 227.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0776 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.1 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9234, 39.9448, 66.9880)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6D2 #D26F53

analogous

#53D2AE #53B6D2 #5377D2

triadic

#53B6D2 #D253B6 #B6D253

tetradic

#53B6D2 #AE53D2 #D26F53 #77D253

square

#53B6D2 #AE53D2 #D26F53 #77D253

split-complementary

#53B6D2 #D25377 #D2AE53

monochromatic

#237187 #309AB8 #53B6D2 #84CBDF #B4DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#53B6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6D2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6D2	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccdf',
    500: '#53b6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6d2;
$custom-light: #8fccdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6D2

secondary

#DAB2A7

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6D2

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

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