#53C4DF#53C4DF

#53C4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.108 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4DF
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -23.93, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 33.18, 223.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0872 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.108 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6210, 46.6427, 76.8707)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4DF #DF6E53

analogous

#53DFB4 #53C4DF #537EDF

triadic

#53C4DF #DF53C4 #C4DF53

tetradic

#53C4DF #B453DF #DF6E53 #7EDF53

square

#53C4DF #B453DF #DF6E53 #7EDF53

split-complementary

#53C4DF #DF537E #DFB453

monochromatic

#1D839B #26AECE #53C4DF #87D6E9 #BAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#53C4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4DF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4DF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.108 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e9',
    500: '#53c4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4df;
$custom-light: #91d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4DF

secondary

#E2B6AC

accent

#5E3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4DF

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

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