#53C0DA#53C0DA

#53C0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0DA
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 218)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -23.40, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 32.32, 223.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.085 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.105 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0667, 44.5966, 73.0760)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0DA #DA6D53

analogous

#53DAB1 #53C0DA #537DDA

triadic

#53C0DA #DA53C0 #C0DA53

tetradic

#53C0DA #B153DA #DA6D53 #7DDA53

square

#53C0DA #B153DA #DA6D53 #7DDA53

split-complementary

#53C0DA #DA537D #DAB153

monochromatic

#207D93 #2AA8C5 #53C0DA #85D2E5 #B8E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53C0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#53C0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0DA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0DA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3e5',
    500: '#53c0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0da;
$custom-light: #91d3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0DA

secondary

#DFB4AA

accent

#6040E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0DA

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

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