#53C2DD#53C2DD

#53C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.107 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2DD
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -23.52, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 32.82, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0859 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.107 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9049, 45.6393, 75.3096)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2DD #DD6E53

analogous

#53DDB3 #53C2DD #537DDD

triadic

#53C2DD #DD53C2 #C2DD53

tetradic

#53C2DD #B353DD #DD6E53 #7DDD53

square

#53C2DD #B353DD #DD6E53 #7DDD53

split-complementary

#53C2DD #DD537D #DDB353

monochromatic

#1E8098 #28ABCB #53C2DD #86D4E7 #B9E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#53C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2DD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2DD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.107 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e7',
    500: '#53c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2dd;
$custom-light: #91d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2DD

secondary

#E1B6AB

accent

#603EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →