#53B9CF#53B9CF

#53B9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9CF
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -23.10, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 30.55, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0819 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.099 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1742, 41.0387, 65.2451)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9CF #CF6953

analogous

#53CFA7 #53B9CF #537BCF

triadic

#53B9CF #CF53B9 #B9CF53

tetradic

#53B9CF #A753CF #CF6953 #7BCF53

square

#53B9CF #A753CF #CF6953 #7BCF53

split-complementary

#53B9CF #CF537B #CFA753

monochromatic

#257283 #329CB3 #53B9CF #83CCDC #B3E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9CF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9CF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcedd',
    500: '#53b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9cf;
$custom-light: #8fcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9CF

secondary

#D8AFA6

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9CF

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

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