#53B7CD#53B7CD

#53B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7CD
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -22.67, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 30.16, 221.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0806 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.098 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5158, 40.1106, 63.8270)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7CD #CD6953

analogous

#53CDA6 #53B7CD #537ACD

triadic

#53B7CD #CD53B7 #B7CD53

tetradic

#53B7CD #A653CD #CD6953 #7ACD53

square

#53B7CD #A653CD #CD6953 #7ACD53

split-complementary

#53B7CD #CD537A #CDA653

monochromatic

#257080 #3399B0 #53B7CD #82CBDB #B2DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#53B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccdc',
    500: '#53b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7cd;
$custom-light: #8fccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7CD

secondary

#D7AEA5

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7CD

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

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