#53C0DF#53C0DF

#53C0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.108 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0DF
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -21.90, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 33.05, 228.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0831 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.108 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7308, 44.8623, 76.5740)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0DF #DF7253

analogous

#53DFB8 #53C0DF #537ADF

triadic

#53C0DF #DF53C0 #C0DF53

tetradic

#53C0DF #B853DF #DF7253 #7ADF53

square

#53C0DF #B853DF #DF7253 #7ADF53

split-complementary

#53C0DF #DF537A #DFB853

monochromatic

#1D7F9B #26A9CE #53C0DF #87D3E9 #BAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53C0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#53C0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0DF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0DF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.108 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3e9',
    500: '#53c0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0df;
$custom-light: #91d3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0DF

secondary

#E2B8AC

accent

#633CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0DF

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

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