#53B8D4#53B8D4

#53B8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8D4
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -21.11, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 31.15, 227.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0789 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.101 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5867, 40.8701, 68.4460)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8D4 #D46F53

analogous

#53D4AF #53B8D4 #5378D4

triadic

#53B8D4 #D453B8 #B8D453

tetradic

#53B8D4 #AF53D4 #D46F53 #78D453

square

#53B8D4 #AF53D4 #D46F53 #78D453

split-complementary

#53B8D4 #D45378 #D4AF53

monochromatic

#23748A #2F9DBB #53B8D4 #84CCE0 #B5E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#53B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8D4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8D4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cde1',
    500: '#53b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8d4;
$custom-light: #90cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8D4

secondary

#DBB3A8

accent

#6745E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8D4

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

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