#53B8CE#53B8CE

#53B8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8CE
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -22.89, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 30.35, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0813 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.098 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8438, 40.5730, 64.5337)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8CE #CE6953

analogous

#53CEA7 #53B8CE #537BCE

triadic

#53B8CE #CE53B8 #B8CE53

tetradic

#53B8CE #A753CE #CE6953 #7BCE53

square

#53B8CE #A753CE #CE6953 #7BCE53

split-complementary

#53B8CE #CE537B #CEA753

monochromatic

#257182 #339BB1 #53B8CE #83CCDC #B2DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#53B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8CE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8CE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcddd',
    500: '#53b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8ce;
$custom-light: #8fcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.732,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8CE

secondary

#D8AEA5

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8CE

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

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