#53C4DD#53C4DD

#53C4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.107 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4DD
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -24.52, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 32.95, 221.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.088 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.107 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3530, 46.5355, 75.4590)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4DD #DD6C53

analogous

#53DDB1 #53C4DD #537FDD

triadic

#53C4DD #DD53C4 #C4DD53

tetradic

#53C4DD #B153DD #DD6C53 #7FDD53

square

#53C4DD #B153DD #DD6C53 #7FDD53

split-complementary

#53C4DD #DD537F #DDB153

monochromatic

#1E8298 #28ADCB #53C4DD #86D6E7 #B9E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#53C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4DD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4DD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.107 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e7',
    500: '#53c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4dd;
$custom-light: #91d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76526,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4DD

secondary

#E1B5AB

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4DD

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

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