#53C4DB#53C4DB

#53C4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.106 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4DB
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -25.11, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 32.75, 219.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0888 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.106 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0881, 46.4295, 74.0640)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4DB #DB6A53

analogous

#53DBAE #53C4DB #5380DB

triadic

#53C4DB #DB53C4 #C4DB53

tetradic

#53C4DB #AE53DB #DB6A53 #80DB53

square

#53C4DB #AE53DB #DB6A53 #80DB53

split-complementary

#53C4DB #DB5380 #DBAE53

monochromatic

#1F8195 #2AACC7 #53C4DB #86D5E6 #B8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#53C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4DB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4DB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.106 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e6',
    500: '#53c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4db;
$custom-light: #91d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76449,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4DB

secondary

#DFB3AA

accent

#5C3FE8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4DB

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

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