#53C0DC#53C0DC

#53C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.106 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0DC
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -22.80, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 32.59, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0842 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.106 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3299, 44.7019, 74.4627)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0DC #DC6F53

analogous

#53DCB4 #53C0DC #537CDC

triadic

#53C0DC #DC53C0 #C0DC53

tetradic

#53C0DC #B453DC #DC6F53 #7CDC53

square

#53C0DC #B453DC #DC6F53 #7CDC53

split-complementary

#53C0DC #DC537C #DCB453

monochromatic

#1F7E96 #29A8C9 #53C0DC #86D3E6 #B9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#53C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0DC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0DC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.106 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3e7',
    500: '#53c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0dc;
$custom-light: #91d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.263,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0DC

secondary

#E0B6AB

accent

#623FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0DC

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

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