#53C0DB#53C0DB

#53C0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0DB
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -23.10, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 32.45, 224.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0846 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.106 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1979, 44.6491, 73.7673)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0DB #DB6E53

analogous

#53DBB2 #53C0DB #537CDB

triadic

#53C0DB #DB53C0 #C0DB53

tetradic

#53C0DB #B253DB #DB6E53 #7CDB53

square

#53C0DB #B253DB #DB6E53 #7CDB53

split-complementary

#53C0DB #DB537C #DBB253

monochromatic

#1F7D95 #2AA8C7 #53C0DB #86D3E6 #B8E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#53C0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0DB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0DB	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3e6',
    500: '#53c0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0db;
$custom-light: #91d3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.912,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75515,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0DB

secondary

#DFB5AA

accent

#613FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0DB

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

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