#53B8CD#53B8CD

#53B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8CD
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -23.18, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 30.25, 219.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0817 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.098 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7227, 40.5246, 63.8960)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8CD #CD6853

analogous

#53CDA5 #53B8CD #537BCD

triadic

#53B8CD #CD53B8 #B8CD53

tetradic

#53B8CD #A553CD #CD6853 #7BCD53

square

#53B8CD #A553CD #CD6853 #7BCD53

split-complementary

#53B8CD #CD537B #CDA553

monochromatic

#257180 #339AB0 #53B8CD #82CCDB #B2DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#53B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#53B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8CD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8CD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcddc',
    500: '#53b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8cd;
$custom-light: #8fcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8CD

secondary

#D7ADA5

accent

#634ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8CD

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

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