#53C3DF#53C3DF

#53C3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.108 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3DF
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -23.43, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 33.13, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0862 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.108 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3962, 46.1931, 76.7958)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3DF #DF6F53

analogous

#53DFB5 #53C3DF #537DDF

triadic

#53C3DF #DF53C3 #C3DF53

tetradic

#53C3DF #B553DF #DF6F53 #7DDF53

square

#53C3DF #B553DF #DF6F53 #7DDF53

split-complementary

#53C3DF #DF537D #DFB553

monochromatic

#1D829B #26ADCE #53C3DF #87D5E9 #BAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#53C3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3DF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3DF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.108 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5e9',
    500: '#53c3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3df;
$custom-light: #91d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76372,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3DF

secondary

#E2B7AC

accent

#5F3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3DF

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

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