#53C2DC#53C2DC

#53C2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2DC
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -23.81, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 32.69, 223.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0863 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.106 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7721, 45.5861, 74.6100)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2DC #DC6D53

analogous

#53DCB2 #53C2DC #537EDC

triadic

#53C2DC #DC53C2 #C2DC53

tetradic

#53C2DC #B253DC #DC6D53 #7EDC53

square

#53C2DC #B253DC #DC6D53 #7EDC53

split-complementary

#53C2DC #DC537E #DCB253

monochromatic

#1F7F96 #29ABC9 #53C2DC #86D4E6 #B9E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#53C2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2DC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2DC	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e7',
    500: '#53c2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2dc;
$custom-light: #91d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2DC

secondary

#E0B5AB

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2DC

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

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