#53C3DA#53C3DA

#53C3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.106 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3DA
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -24.91, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 32.56, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0881 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.106 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7321, 45.9274, 73.2978)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3DA #DA6A53

analogous

#53DAAE #53C3DA #5380DA

triadic

#53C3DA #DA53C3 #C3DA53

tetradic

#53C3DA #AE53DA #DA6A53 #80DA53

square

#53C3DA #AE53DA #DA6A53 #80DA53

split-complementary

#53C3DA #DA5380 #DAAE53

monochromatic

#207F93 #2AABC5 #53C3DA #85D5E5 #B8E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#53C3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3DA

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3DA	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.106 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5e5',
    500: '#53c3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3da;
$custom-light: #91d5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3DA

secondary

#DFB3AA

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3DA

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

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