#53C2DF#53C2DF

#53C2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.108 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2DF
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 13%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -22.92, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 33.09, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0851 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.108 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1729, 45.7465, 76.7213)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2DF #DF7053

analogous

#53DFB6 #53C2DF #537CDF

triadic

#53C2DF #DF53C2 #C2DF53

tetradic

#53C2DF #B653DF #DF7053 #7CDF53

square

#53C2DF #B653DF #DF7053 #7CDF53

split-complementary

#53C2DF #DF537C #DFB653

monochromatic

#1D819B #26ACCE #53C2DF #87D4E9 #BAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#53C2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2DF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2DF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.108 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e9',
    500: '#53c2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2df;
$custom-light: #91d4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2DF

secondary

#E2B7AC

accent

#613CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2DF

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

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