#53B8D2#53B8D2

#53B8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.100 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8D2
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -21.70, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 30.84, 225.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0797 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.1 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3359, 40.7699, 67.1255)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8D2 #D26D53

analogous

#53D2AC #53B8D2 #5379D2

triadic

#53B8D2 #D253B8 #B8D253

tetradic

#53B8D2 #AC53D2 #D26D53 #79D253

square

#53B8D2 #AC53D2 #D26D53 #79D253

split-complementary

#53B8D2 #D25379 #D2AC53

monochromatic

#237387 #309CB8 #53B8D2 #84CCDF #B4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#53B8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8D2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8D2	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.100 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcddf',
    500: '#53b8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8d2;
$custom-light: #8fcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.283,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8D2

secondary

#DAB1A7

accent

#6646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8D2

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

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