#53C3DC#53C3DC

#53C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3DC
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -24.32, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 32.76, 222.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0873 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.107 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9954, 46.0328, 74.6845)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3DC #DC6C53

analogous

#53DCB1 #53C3DC #537FDC

triadic

#53C3DC #DC53C3 #C3DC53

tetradic

#53C3DC #B153DC #DC6C53 #7FDC53

square

#53C3DC #B153DC #DC6C53 #7FDC53

split-complementary

#53C3DC #DC537F #DCB153

monochromatic

#1F8096 #29ACC9 #53C3DC #86D5E6 #B9E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#53C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3DC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3DC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5e7',
    500: '#53c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3dc;
$custom-light: #91d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76254,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3DC

secondary

#E0B4AB

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3DC

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

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