#53B7CC#53B7CC

#53B7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7CC
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -22.96, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 30.05, 220.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.081 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.097 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3954, 40.0625, 63.1933)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7CC #CC6853

analogous

#53CCA5 #53B7CC #537BCC

triadic

#53B7CC #CC53B7 #B7CC53

tetradic

#53B7CC #A553CC #CC6853 #7BCC53

square

#53B7CC #A553CC #CC6853 #7BCC53

split-complementary

#53B7CC #CC537B #CCA553

monochromatic

#266F7F #3499AE #53B7CC #82CBDA #B1DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#53B7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7CC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7CC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccdb',
    500: '#53b7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7cc;
$custom-light: #8fccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.413,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72819,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7CC

secondary

#D6ADA4

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7CC

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

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