#53C0DD#53C0DD

#53C0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0DD
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -22.50, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 32.73, 226.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0838 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.107 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4628, 44.7550, 75.1623)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0DD #DD7053

analogous

#53DDB5 #53C0DD #537BDD

triadic

#53C0DD #DD53C0 #C0DD53

tetradic

#53C0DD #B553DD #DD7053 #7BDD53

square

#53C0DD #B553DD #DD7053 #7BDD53

split-complementary

#53C0DD #DD537B #DDB553

monochromatic

#1E7E98 #28A9CB #53C0DD #86D3E7 #B9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#53C0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0DD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0DD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3e7',
    500: '#53c0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0dd;
$custom-light: #91d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0DD

secondary

#E1B6AB

accent

#623EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0DD

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

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