#53C2DB#53C2DB

#53C2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2DB
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -24.11, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 32.58, 222.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0867 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.106 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6400, 45.5333, 73.9146)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2DB #DB6C53

analogous

#53DBB0 #53C2DB #537EDB

triadic

#53C2DB #DB53C2 #C2DB53

tetradic

#53C2DB #B053DB #DB6C53 #7EDB53

square

#53C2DB #B053DB #DB6C53 #7EDB53

split-complementary

#53C2DB #DB537E #DBB053

monochromatic

#1F7F95 #2AAAC7 #53C2DB #86D4E6 #B8E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#53C2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2DB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2DB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e6',
    500: '#53c2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2db;
$custom-light: #91d4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75982,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2DB

secondary

#DFB4AA

accent

#5F3FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2DB

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

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