#53C1DC#53C1DC

#53C1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1DC
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -23.31, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 32.63, 224.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0853 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.106 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5503, 45.1425, 74.5361)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1DC #DC6E53

analogous

#53DCB3 #53C1DC #537DDC

triadic

#53C1DC #DC53C1 #C1DC53

tetradic

#53C1DC #B353DC #DC6E53 #7DDC53

square

#53C1DC #B353DC #DC6E53 #7DDC53

split-complementary

#53C1DC #DC537D #DCB353

monochromatic

#1F7F96 #29A9C9 #53C1DC #86D3E6 #B9E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#53C1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1DC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1DC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e7',
    500: '#53c1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1dc;
$custom-light: #91d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.825,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1DC

secondary

#E0B5AB

accent

#603FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1DC

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

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