#53C4DC#53C4DC

#53C4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.107 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4DC
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -24.82, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 32.84, 220.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0884 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.107 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2202, 46.4824, 74.7594)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4DC #DC6B53

analogous

#53DCB0 #53C4DC #5380DC

triadic

#53C4DC #DC53C4 #C4DC53

tetradic

#53C4DC #B053DC #DC6B53 #80DC53

square

#53C4DC #B053DC #DC6B53 #80DC53

split-complementary

#53C4DC #DC5380 #DCB053

monochromatic

#1F8196 #29ADC9 #53C4DC #86D5E6 #B9E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#53C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4DC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4DC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.107 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e6',
    500: '#53c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4dc;
$custom-light: #91d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.511,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76488,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4DC

secondary

#E0B4AB

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4DC

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

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